Have cough? Go natural with lagundi

MANILA, Philippines - Lagundi leaves have been traditionally used by rural folk to cure a wide variety of illnesses such as headaches, fever and even superficial bleeding.

Recently, modern science has found it to be an effective cough/asthma medication, as evident in ASCOF Lagundi, the most studied lagundi brand in the market.

Made from 100 percent lagundi leaves, ASCOF Lagundi is the first herbal medicine from the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to be licensed to a local pharmaceutical company and launched in the market. It is made by Pascual Laboratories, a trusted name in consumer and ethical healthcare.

The technology in developing the lagundi tablet and syrup as herbal medicine is a product of more than two decades of extensive scientific research by the National Integrated Research Program of Medicinal Plants, a consortium of top academic institutions and scientists of the country.

More clinical trials conducted further proven that lagundi is comparably effective and safer than conventional chemical-based formulations. Lagundi is at least six times safer than carbocisteine based on studies done by the Irish Medical Board on Carbocisteine.

And being natural, ASCOF Lagundi’s main advantage is that it causes no negative effects that are seen in chemical cough formulations. Compared to chemical-based cough formulations, it is much safer to use in the long term, as there have been no reported adverse reaction from its continued use.  

ASCOF Lagundi is commercially available in syrup (ponkan, strawberry, menthol, and menthol sugar-free flavors), tablet and capsule formats, and sold in leading drugstores and supermarkets nationwide.