COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING RESPIRATORY DISEASE CONTAINING MIXED HERBAL EXTRACT OF CNIDIUM OFFICINALE ROOT AND RHEI UNDULATI RHIZOME

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating a respiratory disease, the composition containing an active ingredient in the form of a mixed herbal extract of Cnidium officinale root (Cnidii Rhizoma) and Rhei undulati (Undulatum Rhubarb) rhizome, and the present invention also relates to a production method therefor. The mixed herbal extract of Cnidium officinale root and Rhei undulati rhizome has an outstanding 5-lipoxygenase suppressing activity, airway constriction suppressing activity, airway inflammation suppressing action, ear-swelling anti-inflammatory effect and antitussive and phlegm loosening activity, and has been confirmed to be useful in preventing or treating respiratory diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute and chronic bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, cough, expectoration, acute lower respiratory infections (bronchitis and bronchiolitis), and acute upper respiratory infections such as pharyngitis, tonsillitis and laryngitis.