Patent ID: 8075924

Claim:
An oral rinse comprising an anti-gingivitis effective amount of herbal extracts of Sambucus nigra, Centella asiatica and Echinacea purpurea defining a weight amount of plant extract solids in the rinse, wherein Sambucus nigra extract is more than 50% to 90% by weight of the plant extract solids and Centella asiatica is 1% to less than 50% by weight of the plant extract solids; a plasticizer in an amount from 10 to 45% by weight of the rinse; and an antimicrobially effective amount of a surfactant that is a 1-alkylpyridinium salt, where alkyl is C8-C36, the surfactant present in an amount from 0.01 to 0.08% of the rinse by weight.