For cough, voice, and throat
Asada Candy
In the 20th year of the Meiji era, "Goyaku Sarashi Mizuame" marked the beginning of Asada Candy's history.
The commitment of Solid Asada Candy
Extracts of four medicinal herbs—Platycodon, Tokon, Ephedra, and Carrot—are effective for cough, voice, and throat. Solid Asada Candy with herbal prescription (Designated Class 2 OTC drug).
Gently effective for cough, voice, and throat. The medicinal herbs that are the "heart" of Asada Candy.
The medicinal herbs used in Asada Candy are carefully selected by origin and cultivation period, and all extractions are performed in-house at our factory, ensuring thorough quality control before delivering the products to everyone.
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Platycodon A perennial plant of the Campanulaceae family widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in Japan and China, producing beautiful purple or white bell-shaped flowers from summer to autumn. The medicinal part is the root, containing platycodin saponins, used in various Kampo formulations. It helps to loosen phlegm, suppress cough, and reduce throat inflammation. |
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Tokon A herbaceous small shrub of the Rubiaceae family mainly found in Brazil, South America, growing to about 30 to 60 cm tall with woody runners. The medicinal part is the bead-like root portion, containing alkaloids such as emetine, which promote airway mucus secretion and help loosen phlegm. |
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Maou An herbaceous evergreen shrub of the Ephedraceae family native to China and Inner Mongolia, it produces green stems resembling horsetail about 30 cm tall and bears small yellow flowers in early summer. The medicinal part is the aerial stem, containing alkaloids such as ephedrine with bronchodilator effects, which help to suppress cough. |
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Carrot It is a different species from the common edible carrot, also called Otane Ninjin or Korean ginseng, native to northeastern China and Korea, and is a perennial plant of the Araliaceae family cultivated in various regions. In spring, it sends up a single stem about 60 cm tall with 3 to 4 leaves arranged in a whorl, and in early summer it produces small white flowers. The medicinal part is the root excluding the fine roots or lightly blanched root, containing active ingredients such as saponins called ginsenosides, which have expectorant effects and have been used since ancient times in China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan. |
