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Do You Have a Cold or Flu?
Viruses cause both cold and flu. If a cold is incorrectly identified as flu, it's no disaster. A cold may sometimes lead to sinus or middle ear infections and these can be treated. But if the flu is wrongly identified as a bad cold, possible life-threatening flu problems like pneumonia may go unobserved.We've developed a chart to help you figure out if you've a cold or a flu. Read more

Should You Get a Flu Shot This Year?
Last year’s flu shot was 44 percent effective in preventing the flu in the general population and about 54 percent effective in preventing the flu in healthy people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of course, the effectiveness of any year’s flu vaccine is related to how closely matched the vaccine is to the actual strain. But it’s impossible for scientists to know in advance which strain will be the most dominant.There are pros and cons to the argument. Read more

An Herb for Flu
There is one herb that is highly recommended in regards to the flu: Elderberry, or Sambucus Nigra. In 1992, a team of Israeli scientists studied the effect of elderberry on flu patients. During a flu epidemic a half of the flu patients were given an elderberry syrup, the other half a placebo. The results: within 24 hours, 20% of the patients receiving elderberry had gotten significantly better. Within two days, 75% of the elderberry group were much improved; within 3 days 90% were completely cured. Read more

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Dear Quantum,
The statistics from the studies on the use of elderberry for treatment of flu are outstanding! My grandmother's elderberry wine was always considered a specific for any viral infection with respiratory complications.
 
This is another justification for the investigation of "old wives' remedies!" Before institutionalized medicine, herbalists knew what to give people who were sick: tried and true concoctions using Mother Nature's bounty. They didn't always work as they should, but they realized that not every illness reacted in similar fashion to other types of the same illness. Thus, you get variations in treatment from varying times and places.
 
Sincerely,
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