| From Nutrition Newsbytes Your link to nutrition discoveries IN THE NEWS HERBAL COMBINATION IS CLINICALLY PROVEN IN TREATING COMMON COLD A recent study shows a fixed combination herbal remedy is a safe and effective treatment for the common cold. The best results were experienced by patients who started treatment early on in the course of their colds. The remedy was a fixed combination of two forms of Echinacea root and the herbs Baptisia and Thuja. Nearly 240 patients who visited their family doctor for an acute common cold received three tablets of this remedy, three times a day for seven to nine days. The study was randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, and multicenter. Results show the administration of the herbal remedy resulted in an earlier response and a more rapid improvement from acute cold symptoms than in patients receiving a placebo. The herbal remedy's benefit was present on day two, reached statistical significance on day four, and continued until the end of the treatment. Reprinted with permission; Copyright 2000 Enzymatic Therapy. (Enzymatic Therapy manufactures and distributes more than 200 nutritional |