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<div class="main-container main-container-1" tabindex="-1" data-js="main-container-1"> <div id="ContentPane27" class="pane" tabindex="-1"> <div id="ads2-pos-113-ad-left" class="module ad ad-113" data-is-mobile="false" data-targets="{'art':'091e9c5e8000d58b','cc':'17','env':'&env=0','hcent':'1029','leaf':'&leaf=','mcent':'','mic':'','pt':'4067','sec':'','pug':'','scent':'','tmg':'','tug':'','uri':'%2fcold-and-flu%2fnews%2f20031222%2felderberry-fights-flu-symptoms','rd':'1'}" data-block-codes="_cust044_age234_j10_" data-pos="113" data-sizes="[160,600]" data-google-query-id="CJi_3smewNoCFRUaAQodAGYJ9A"></div> </div> </div> <div id="main-container" class="main-container main-container-2" tabindex="-1" data-js="main-container-2"> <div id="ContentPane30" class="pane" tabindex="-1"><article class="article"><header> <h1>Elderberry Fights Flu Symptoms</h1> <p class="subhead">Jelly, Jam, or Wine Won't Help -- Only Extract Works</p> </header><span class="archive-tag" style="box-sizing: inherit; background: #c1dedb; display: inline-block; color: #222222; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 0.7em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 0.9; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 1em 0.5em; text-transform: uppercase;" data-popover-text=" <h3>This article is from the WebMD News Archive</h3> <p>This content has not been reviewed within the past year and may not represent WebMD's most up-to-date information.<br><br> To find the most current information, please enter your topic of interest into our search box.</p> ">FROM THE WEBMD ARCHIVES</span> <div class="article-body" data-metrics-module="embd-lnk"> <div class="article-page active-page" data-page="1"><section> <p align="left">Dec. 22, 2003 -- Sambucol, a black elderberry extract, appears to short-circuit <a href="https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/adult-flu-symptoms" data-metrics-link="" data-crosslink-type="article">flu symptoms</a>, a new study shows.</p> <p align="left">This is more evidence that this herbal treatment for <a href="https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/video/myths-and-facts-about-flu" data-metrics-link="" data-crosslink-type="video">flu</a> -- if taken when flu-like symptoms first appear -- could help people get through this year's flu invasion a bit easier.</p> <p align="left">However, Andrew Weil, MD, director of the program in <a href="https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/alternative-medicine-integrative-medicine" data-metrics-link="" data-crosslink-type="article">integrative medicine</a>at the University of Arizona, is cautious. The findings on Sambucol are only preliminary, he says. He advises people to take <a href="https://www.webmd.com/drugs/index-drugs.aspx" data-metrics-link="" data-crosslink-type="article">prescription drugs</a> if they get the flu, but notes that Sambucol may help.</p> <div class="teads-inread sm-screen"> <div id="teads0" class="teads-player">"Sambucol is for treatment, <i>not</i> for prevention," Weil tells WebMD. "It has an unknown mechanism of action. Research suggests it inactivates the <a href="https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-or-flu-quiz" data-metrics-link="" data-crosslink-type="tools">flu virus</a>, but we don't know that for sure."</div> </div> <p align="left">The flu drugs <a href="https://www.webmd.com/drugs/mono-5294-OSELTAMIVIR+-+ORAL.aspx?drugid=17765&drugname=tamiflu+oral" data-metrics-link="" data-crosslink-type="article">Tamiflu</a> and Relenza are used for the treatment of the flu, if the symptoms have been present for no more than two days. They can also cut flu severity and shorten illness if taken soon after <a href="https://symptoms.webmd.com/cold-flu-map/rm-quiz-difference-cold-flu" data-metrics-link="" data-crosslink-type="tools">flu symptoms</a> appear.</p> </section> <p align="left">more at <a href="https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20031222/elderberry-fights-flu-symptoms#1">https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20031222/elderberry-fights-flu-symptoms#1</a></p> </div> </div> </article></div> </div>