You want to make sure your medicine cabinet is stocked with elderberry syrup this winter. Studies have shown it can eliminate cold and flu symptoms within 48 hours.
Recent studies have confirmed the immune-boosting power of elderberries.
Studies from 2004 and 2009 confirmed its ability to cut flu duration in half, and in many cases eliminate symptoms within 48 hours. A more recent 2016 research, shows the berry works similar magic on colds.
The 2004 study, published in the Journal of International Medical Research, explained that when elderberry extract is used within 48 hours of the onset of the influenza A or B virus, it reduces the duration of flu symptoms by an average of four days.
Patients received 15 ml of elderberry syrup four times a day for 5 days.
A study published in the Online Journal of Pharmacology in a 2009 examined H1N1 and avian flu patients were given four 175-milligram doses of elderberry extract daily.
While a group of patients receiving placebo exhibited no improvement or worsening symptoms, those who received the extract “showed significant improvement within 24 hours.”
Fever, headache, muscle ache and nasal congestion were significantly decreased within 24 hours.
“Within 48 hours of treatment, nearly 90% of the elderberry extract treated patients were either symptom-free or had only mild symptoms,” the researchers wrote.
A 2016 study, published in Nutrients, revealed elderberry could reduce the duration and symptoms of a cold in air travellers.
Travellers using this herb from 10 days before travel until four to five days after arriving overseas experienced on average a two-day shorter duration of their colds and also a notable reduction in cold symptoms.
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