Patent ID: 6787164
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A medicinal composition for treating a cold or the flu, consisting of a pharmaceutical composition, a plant extract composition, and a pharmaceutically acceptable base, wherein:the pharmaceutical composition consists of an effective amount of a pain relieving and anti-inflammatoiy pharmaceutical, alone or in combination with at least one of a pharmaceutical selected from the group consisting of a decongestant, an antihistamine, or a mixture thereof; and the plant extract composition consists of: (i) an effective amount of elderberry extract, in combination with (ii) an antioxidant extract selected from the group consisting of a garlic extract, a green tea extract, an Astragalus extract, a grapefruit seed extract, and mixtures thereof, optionally in combination with (iii) an extract of milk thistle; said pain relieving and anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical being selected from the group consisting of aspirin, acetaminophen, diclophenac, fenflofenac; indomethacin, sulindac, tolmetin, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, fenoprofen, flurbiprofen, naproxen, meclofenamic acid, flufenamic acid, piroxicam, tenoxicam, meloxicam, celicoxib, roficoxib, and nabumetone.