Sambucol Black Elderberry Cold and Flu Relief Tablets Review

After working at a daycare my whole perspective on avoiding getting sick has changed. It seemed that every three weeks or so I was sick with the current cold or flu that was going around. I went to great lengths trying to stay well and prevent getting sick while working at the daycare and even after I was done working there I kept a lot of the habits. One of these habits was to take advantage of what alternative medicines or natural methods I had for boosting my immune system. I had great success with elderberry syrup and homeopathic remedies. For this reason I was happy to try out Sambucol Black Elderberry Cold and Flu Relief Tablets.

While I had never heard of the product before, I was quite aware of the power of elderberries when it came to getting over a cough. After examining the Sambucol Black Elderberry Cold and Flu Relief Tablets I saw that they offered more than help with a cough. They offered relief for nasal and sinus congestion, a runny nose, a sore throat, coughing, sneezing, chills and even a fever. Unlike so much of the medicine that you can take for such symptoms these tablets are non-habit forming and non-drowsy with no known drug interactions or side effects. They are even safe for a child as young as four years old. This is great for me because I have a son who is four years old and have had success given him elderberry syrup for kids. This all sounded great, but just because the box says that it will work a certain way does not mean that it will.

I put the Sambucol Black Elderberry Cold and Flu Relief Tablets to test during a couple of different illnesses. I found that they worked best if taken at the first signs of the flu or a cold, which is actually recommended. They provided relief to all of the symptoms that I listed earlier and tasted great. I do not care for the taste of zinc tablets personally, but I did not mind these at all. I would not really relate them to medicine tasting and rather more like a dull candy. Since I do not have much of a sweet tooth, this worked great for me. Even if you do not think that the cold and flu relief tablets taste good, they dissolve fairly quickly. I cannot tell you why they taste the way they do or work so well, but I think that the ingredients might aid to understanding those two things.

The active ingredients in Sambucol Black Elderberry Cold and Flu Relief Tablets are zinc gluconate, which help with fatigue, nausea, bronchial constriction, and a minor sore throat, sambucus nigra, which helps with nasal congestion, hoarseness, coughing, and fever , gelsemium sempervirens, which helps with bronchial irritation, dry cough, and sneezing, bryonia alba, which helps with muscle ache, headache, fever, chills, a dry throat, and a cough, sulphur, which helps with nasal congestion and pressure, a headache, and a burning throat. These active ingredients are both microdiluted and monographed in accordance with the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States. Inactive ingredients in the tablets are lactose, sucrose, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, elderberry flavor, magnesium stearate, and black currant extract used as a colorant. I loved that the tablets gave a purpose for the active ingredients and loved how well they worked.

The Sambucol Black Elderberry Cold and Flu Relief Tablets come in a box that has 30 tablets. It cost around six or seven dollars depending on where you find it. The directions suggest that you start taking them at the first sign of symptoms of a flu or cold and to continue taking them for an additional 48 hours after the symptoms subside. A tablet is required every three hours, but honestly I was never quite this diligent with taking them and still found that they were very effective. Surprisingly the 30 tablets lasted for at least a couple of illnesses, even with the frequency I was supposed to take them, but I am now getting low on the tablets. I imagine that I will pick more up soon and would recommend the same to anyone else who would like to have a homeopathic cold and flu medicine handy.