A Pharmacologic Study on the Mechanism of Action of <i>Kakkon-to</i> : Body Temperature Elevation and Phagocytic Activation of Macrophages in Dogs

Abstract

This paper demonstrates that ingestion of Kakkon-to not only increases the body temperature but also enhances the phagocytic activity of macrophages, an in vivo defense mechanism, suggesting that Kakkon-to contributes to the suppression of multiplication of common cold viruses and influenza viruses, which consequently results in improvement of various symptoms during infection with common cold viruses.