Chinese skullcap, Japanese knotweed and kudzu work together to modulate and mitigate cytokine release. During acute viral infection, the body is particularly susceptible to cytokine storms, which can be fatal.

These herbs inhibit the release of the most dangerous forms of inflammatory cytokines (interleukins, tnf-a, RANTES, etc) and allow the virus to move through the body in a less destructive way.

Elderflower and yarrow work together as diaphoretics to open the pores on the skin and keep the channels of elimination flowing so that heat and fever can be released naturally through the body. Ginger and licorice work as synergists to assist the other medicines.