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Natural health product · NPN 80072552

Ginger & Melatonin

Yes: licensed in Canada

The product licence is active. Whether the product is actually on the market is a separate, voluntary notice; the official record shows it.

Licence status Active; licensed September 15, 2016.
Natural Product Number (NPN)
80072552
Licence holder
WN Pharmaceuticals LtdCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Dosage form
Tablet
Route
Oral
Licensing route
Non-Traditional
First licensed
September 15, 2016

Also sold as

Other product names on the same licence.

  • Comfort for Travel
  • Ginger
  • Ginger & Melatonin Nighttime Formula
  • Ginger Nighttime
  • Ginger Nighttime Formula
  • Ginger Nighttime Formula with Melatonin
  • Ginger/Melatonin
  • TravelEZ, Comfort4 Travel
  • Weber Naturals Comfort for Travel
  • Weber Naturals Comfort4 Travel
  • Weber Naturals Ginger Nighttime Formula with Melatonin

Medicinal ingredients

Per dosage unit, as licensed.

IngredientAmount
Zingiber officinaleRhizome; 5 % total gingerols; 25:1 extract; equivalent to 500 milligrams dried herb20 milligrams
N-[2-(5-Methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamideMelatonin3 milligrams

What it is licensed for

The licence’s own wording. Directions, doses, cautions and warnings are on the official record and the label.

  • Ginger is traditionally used in Herbal Medicine to help relieve digestive upset/disturbances including lack of appetite, nausea, digestive spasms, indigestion, dyspepsia and flatulent colic (carminative). (Clinically shown to) help(s) prevent nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness, and/or seasickness. Ginger is traditionally used in Herbal Medicine as an expectorant and anti-tussive to help relieve bronchitis as well as coughs and colds. Helps increase the total sleep time (aspect of sleep quality) in people suffering from sleep restriction or altered sleep schedule, e.g. shift-work and jet lag. Helps to prevent and/or reduce the effects of jet lag (e.g. daytime fatigue, sleep disturbance) for people travelling by plane easterly across two or more time zones. Helps to reduce the time it takes to fall asleep (sleep onset latency aspect of sleep quality) in people with delayed sleep phase disorder. Helps re-set the body¿s sleep-wake cycle (aspect of the circadian rhythm). Helps prevent nausea and vomiting associated with post-operative nausea. Helps to relieve the pain associated with menstrual cramping. Helps to relieve joint pain associated with osteoarthritis.

Non-medicinal ingredients

Glycerin; Croscarmellose Sodium; Dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate; Microcrystalline cellulose; Stearic Acid; Magnesium Stearate; Carbohydrate gum

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