During the cold season it is very easy to catch a cold. It is especially dangerous to get sick during pregnancy, because during this period you cannot take medications. Therefore, expectant mothers try to be treated with herbal remedies. Insti tea, which consists of natural herbal extracts, will help them with this. Today we will talk about this drink, its effect, and find out whether pregnant women can drink Insty tea.
Insti tea is prescribed during pregnancy if a woman has a cold, as it consists of natural ingredients. It helps cope with bronchitis, rhinitis, flu, tonsillitis, and other respiratory diseases.
Release form and composition
Insti is produced in the form of granules for the preparation of a solution for oral administration: brown in color, with a slight odor of menthol, cardamom, anise, coffee, lemon or chocolate when crushed (in a sachet (three-layer foil bag) of 5.6 g, 5 sachets per cardboard box).
1 sachet contains the active substance: thick aqueous extract – 0.4 g, prepared from the following plants:
- White willow (bark) – 0.75 g;
- Fragrant violet (leaves and flowers) – 0.1 g;
- Adhatoda vascularis (leaves) – 0.3 g;
- Chinese tea (leaves) – 0.125 g;
- Licorice naked (roots and rhizomes) – 0.55 g;
- Eucalyptus globulus (leaves) – 0.035 g;
- Common fennel (fruit) – 0.075 g;
- Valerian officinalis (rhizomes) – 0.1 g.
Auxiliary components: corn starch, menthol, sucrose.
In addition, Insti contains excipients that determine its smell: cardamom fruit oil, anise seed oil, coffee flavor (Coffee D-0818), lemon flavor (Lemon Lime S-8946) or chocolate flavor (Chocolate D-0970) and cocoa powder .
Insti granules 5.6g package (sachet) No. 5
Trade name: INSTI Dosage form: granules in sachet Description: Brown granules with a menthol odor when rubbed
Composition: Each sachet contains extracts from: Active substances: a mixture of dried thick aqueous extracts: Willow white bark (3.75: 1) - 174 mg, Licorice glabrous roots (3.06: 1) - 156 mg, Adhatoda vascular leaves (4.05: 1) - 64 mg, Chinese tea leaves (tea leaves) (3.13: 1) - 35 mg, Fragrant violet leaves (4:1) - 22 mg, Valerian officinalis roots (4:1) - 21.5 mg, Fennel fruit (3.41 : 1) - 19 mg, Eucalyptus globulus leaves (3.5 : 1) - 8.5 mg. Excipients: menthol, corn starch, sucrose.
Pharmacotherapeutic group Other drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases. ATX code R07AX.
Pharmacological properties Combined herbal preparation used for colds. The complex of biologically active substances contained in the drug Insti (alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, terpenoids, xanthines, saponins, essential oils and other chemical compounds), when used, provides a wide range of pharmacotherapeutic effects due to the properties of its constituent components (anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, immunostimulating, expectorant, diaphoretic, antipyretic, antitussive, diuretic). White willow bark contains salicin and has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effects. Adhatoda vasculara has antipyretic, expectorant, antispasmodic and some antimicrobial effects. Licorice root contains glycyrrhizin and foam-forming substances - saponins, which help increase the secretory function of the epithelium of the respiratory tract, change the surface-active properties of pulmonary surfactant, stimulate the movement of epithelial cilia, dilute sputum and facilitate its discharge. It has an inhibitory effect on the exudative and proliferative phases of inflammation. Has antiallergic properties. Chinese tea has a bronchodilator effect. Violet has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, sedative, antimicrobial and antispasmodic effects. Valerian officinalis causes a sedative effect and reduces the severity of headache and cough. Fenhech vulgare enhances secretory function, has a mucolytic effect, and also has some antiseptic properties.
Indications for use Symptomatic treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract (acute respiratory diseases, influenza, rhinitis, nasopharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, tracheitis, bronchitis), accompanied by intoxication, fever, nasal discharge, inflammation and sore throat, headache and physical pain, dry cough, cough with difficult to separate sputum.
Method of administration and dosage The drug is used only for adults. One sachet two to three times a day. Dissolve one sachet in a cup of hot (not boiling) water or tea and drink slowly.
Side effect Possible: allergic reaction
Contraindications Hypersensitivity to individual components of the drug. Pregnancy and lactation.
Overdose To date, no cases of overdose of the drug Insti have been reported.
Special instructions The composition of Insti granules includes sucrose, which must be taken into account when prescribing the drug to patients with diabetes mellitus and patients on a low-calorie diet.
Interactions with other drugs Not established.
Storage conditions Store at a temperature not exceeding 25C, out of reach of children.
Shelf life: 3 years. The drug should not be used after the date indicated on the package.
Conditions for dispensing from pharmacies Dispensed without a doctor's prescription.
Packaging 5.6 g in a sachet, 5 and 10 sachets in a cardboard box with instructions for use.
Pharmacological properties
The drug is characterized by anti-inflammatory, mucolytic, expectorant and antipyretic effects.
Pharmacodynamics
White willow contains salicin and tremulacin, which cause antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Adhatoda contains the alkaloids vasicinone and vasicin, which have expectorant and bronchodilator effects. Thanks to this, the drug promotes the removal of sputum, increases the mobility of cilia, and has an oxytocin-like and expectoral effect. Violet includes essential oils and friedelin, which provide expectorant, antipyretic, diaphoretic and antihistamine effects.
Licorice contains flavonoids, asparagine and glycyrrhizin glycoside, which ensures the anti-inflammatory, expectorant and mucolytic effectiveness of Insti. Chinese tea contains theophylline, tannin and caffeine, which have a tonic, diuretic and astringent effect. Fennel includes essential oils and dipentene, which are responsible for expectorant, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects.
Eucalyptus contains essential oils (pinocarvone, pinene, eidesmol, cineole, myrtenol) and tannins that exhibit antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects, mainly against streptococci and staphylococci. Valerian contains saponins, essential oils, ketones and alkaloids, which reduce the excitability of the central nervous system and eliminate muscle spasms.
Insti helps to significantly improve the patient's condition, reducing high fever and cough intensity. When used, the symptoms of pharyngitis, tracheitis and rhinitis disappear very quickly. Taking the drug does not cause drowsiness or addiction, and its effect appears within 24 hours.
Insti also reduces the manifestations of intoxication (severe weakness, hyperthermia, sweating), which often accompany inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, acts as an antiseptic, increases productivity and reduces the intensity of coughing attacks, and also reduces the regression of the acute stage of the disease to 3-4 days.
Pharmacokinetics
When taken orally, Insti is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and its effect appears within 30–40 minutes. The antipyretic effect of the drug is observed 5–8 hours after administration.
Composition of the drug
Insti tea consists exclusively of natural raw materials.
It contains:
- white willow bark;
- flowers and leaves of fragrant violet;
- leaf blades of Adhatoda vascularis;
- licorice rhizomes;
- valerian rhizomes;
- fennel fruit;
- Eucalyptus globulus leaves;
- Chinese tea leaves.
Additional ingredients included in Insti are corn starch, menthol and sucrose.
The product is available in the form of granules with a loose structure. They have a brownish color and are packaged in sachets (that is, special bags or pads made of fabric) of 5.6 grams. These sachets are intended for preparing a medicinal tea drink or, as it is also called, an “oral solution.” One cardboard pack usually contains 5 such fabric bags.
Insti tea for colds can be purchased in the following flavors depending on preference: chocolate, coffee, anise, lemon. It has mucolytic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant effects.
The effect of the constituent components of the herbal preparation Insti is described in the following table.
| Component | Active ingredients | Action provided |
| White willow bark | Tremulacin, salicin | Natural antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory agents. |
| Valerian | Ketones, alkaloids, essential oils | They have a moderate sedative effect on the central nervous system and relieve excessive excitability. |
| Adhatoda | Vasicine and vasicinone alkaloids | They have an expectorant and bronchodilator effect. As a result, sputum is cleared well, and the mobility of the cilia of the ciliated epithelium increases. |
| Violet | Friedelin and essential oils | They have expectorant, diaphoretic, antipyretic, and antihistamine effects. |
| Licorice (root) | Asparagine, flavonoids, glycyrrhizin glycoside | They have mucolytic, expectorant, and anti-inflammatory effects. |
| Chinese tea | Theophylline, tannin, caffeine | Has a diuretic, astringent, tonic effect. |
| Eucalyptus | Essential oils, tannins (piene, pinocarvone, cineole, myrtenol) | They have an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic effect, and have a detrimental effect on streptococci and staphylococci. |
| Fennel | Essential oils and dipentine | They have an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic effect. |
Tea Insti indications
The drug is indicated for those patients who need symptomatic treatment of colds. Its sphere of influence includes body temperature increased to 38 degrees, a headache with malaise characteristic of a cold, nasal congestion, pain when swallowing, and a cold cough.
Contraindications
It is not advisable to prescribe the drug for pregnant women, children and adolescents under adult age, and for those who are particularly sensitive to the components of the drug.
Those patients who have disturbances in the functioning of the cardiovascular system, the functionality of the liver and kidneys, and also suffer from increased blood clotting, are allowed to use the drug, but with great caution.
Tea reviews
Many who have drank Insty tea speak only positively about it. Some used it, not as a remedy, but as a healthy tea. A favorite drink with different flavors not only treats colds, but also gives pleasure.
There are also negative reviews after taking the drug. But in such cases, people started taking it at the wrong time. Tea should be drunk at the first symptoms, when a person feels weak, has a stuffy nose and a headache. Therefore, the tea did not have the desired effect.
Instructions for use
If Insti herbal tea is used, the instructions for use warn that it must first be dissolved in warm or hot water. The contents of one sachet are poured into a glass of water and stirred until the drug granules are completely dissolved. And then they drink it in slow sips.
The number of required doses of Insti herbal tea is 1 cloth bag two or three times a day after meals.
IMPORTANT! The duration of treatment in each case is individual and depends on the symptoms manifested, but on average it is no more than a week. Further use of the medication must be agreed upon with a medical professional.
Insti for children
Tea is often prescribed for colds, but it should be remembered that its use is not recommended for children under twelve years of age. The drug helps reduce body temperature and relieve headaches that often occur. Insti is useful for children, relieves coughing attacks, nasal congestion and sore throat. The presence of licorice in the drink acts on the body as an expectorant and removes mucus from the lungs well. Reviews from parents who bought Insti for children are only positive. Thanks to the components contained in tea, the duration of the disease is reduced to four days, which is important for the child’s body. After studying the instructions for use and consulting a pediatrician, you will decide whether to give this tea to your children for colds.
Insti tea during pregnancy
Despite the fact that the description of the drug contains contraindications for drinking tea during pregnancy and breastfeeding, it does not cause side effects.
Experts often prescribe this tea to their patients. It is known that pregnant women should not take medications, as they negatively affect the body of the woman and the unborn baby. Those who took the tea did not give any negative feedback.
Insti tea contains only natural ingredients that are widely used in folk medicine and have medicinal properties. Herbs have a wide spectrum of action, producing a sedative, expectorant, diaphoretic, antitussive and antipyretic effect. They help quickly get rid of colds and ease the course of the disease.
As indicated in the instructions, drinking tea is prohibited for pregnant and lactating women, but doctors, on the contrary, recommend this drug. Manufacturers do not recommend drinking it, since some of the herbs included in Insti have a strong effect and cause allergic reactions, which can be dangerous during pregnancy.
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
Herbal tea Insti for colds is a complex medicinal collection, which is based exclusively on herbal raw materials, thanks to which its therapeutic effect appears.
The drug Insti improves the general condition of a sick person, helps reduce temperature, softens and alleviates coughing attacks. Promotes the almost immediate disappearance of rhinitis, pharyngitis and tracheitis.
The effect of the drug begins within 24 hours. It is non-addictive and helps quickly restore the health of a sick person.
The herbal collection Insti eliminates or significantly weakens the signs of intoxication damage to the human body (sweating, weakness, fever), which are characteristic of inflammatory, painful conditions of the respiratory tract. The drug shortens the acute period of the disease to 3 days, reduces the intensity and duration of cough.
Brewed tea is absorbed quite quickly in the gastrointestinal tract and begins to exert its healing effect within half an hour.
The antipyretic effect reaches its peak after 5-8 hours.
The oral solution is intended for the symptomatic treatment of acute respiratory viral infections, which are accompanied by headaches, cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, low-grade fever, aching joints, general fatigue and other manifestations of colds.
Contraindications
The instructions for use of the drug warn that it has contraindications. It should not be used if you have allergic reactions or hypersensitivity to the components of herbal tea or to the entire complex as a whole, during pregnancy, in childhood and adolescence under 18 years of age, during breastfeeding (during lactation, the child should stop feeding breast milk) .
You should pay attention to special precautions regarding the use of Insti tea. You should consult your doctor before using this herbal remedy if you have:
- pathologies of the heart and blood vessels;
- increased blood clotting;
- kidney and liver diseases.
The only side effects can be allergic reactions associated with individual intolerance to certain components of herbal tea.
additional information
Before using Insti complex herbal tea (instructions for use must be read), you must pay attention to the following information:
- At the moment, no cases of overdose with Insti herbal tea have been identified.
- It is not recommended to combine this drug with other antitussive and mucolytic drugs.
- The shelf life is 3 years from the date of release, subject to storage conditions (temperature up to +25 degrees).
- You can purchase this product without a doctor's prescription.
- Patients with a history of diabetes mellitus or who are on a fat-reducing diet should remember that the drug contains sucrose.
- This drug is not prescribed during pregnancy.
If, after using herbal Insti, an increase in temperature of more than 38 degrees is observed, wheezing appears, the cough intensifies, and purulent sputum is observed when coughing, you should immediately stop taking the drug and consult a doctor to change the treatment regimen using other drugs. Doctors usually prescribe AnviMax, Travisil, Rinicold, Aflubin, Influnet, Cofanol, Influcid.
The complex herbal preparation (Insti tea), the instructions for which are given above, has a wide spectrum of action against the effects of harmful infectious agents. You can buy it at a pharmacy without a prescription. But if you have health problems or are pregnant, it is better to consult a doctor about the drug, who will either allow Insty or replace it with analogues.
