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elderberry’s mixed record

February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I don’t have a lot of commentary on this article by the LA Times about elderberry’s mixed performance as a flu med, but I wanted to post it for its references to two studies. In these studies - and here’s where the ‘mixed record’ comes in - elderberries didn’t necessarily prevent people from coming down with the flu, but they did cut the duration of sickness by up to two thirds versus a placebo. Still nothing to sneeze at! (Forgive the pun.)

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  • 1 Kevin Spellman // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:34 am

    It does indeed seem to work (at least the one I used did–from Vitabase).

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