My son took this like a champ and even begged for more. It definitely shortened the duration of his cold and most importantly he liked it, which is a tough requirement to fill for a young kid

Do yourself a favor and keep this in the house. It's so much cheaper through amazon instead of your local organic store (as in half the price). It's great for cold and flue season. We used to use it as a daily preventative which got costly so now we only use when sick or if we've been around someone that is sick.

I have used this for over 5 years for my 3 oldest children. My two oldest used to have seasonal allergies from October to April and were constantly plagued with upper respiratory infections and bronchitis. Since I started using Sambucus, they have had no uri's or bronchitis. The only major illness any of them had was the year the H1N1 flu was a big concern. One child tested positive for the flu, but it still was very mild and after a week was back to her usual self, without needing to take Tamiflu. None of my other children have had the flu. This year the flu was very bad at my inlaws' church, where my three children were all in the Christmas play. Two of the children with my youngest daughter were sick and ended up testing positive for flu. (I didn't know about this until the day before the play, which was a week later.) My daughter and her siblings never got sick, though she was being carried around by them and holding hands with them.This works best on helping or preventing viral infections, but if you recover faster from a viral infection, it lowers the chances that the infection will become bacterial. I also love that this brand only requires a 1 tsp dose, compared to Nature's Way that requires a 2 tsp. dose. They are about the same price and the same amount, but the dosage difference means you get twice as many doses!

My daughter is making a speedy recovery from the flu in 3 days with this. It was my understanding that this is not a preventative, but is most effective when taken on the onset of a virus because it stops the viral replication of many viruses. I like this particular formula because it also contains echinacea and astragalus which are powerful immune boosters as well. We will definitely use this for every cold and flu.

We give it both our little girls (5 and 2 years) daily. Since we started giving it, neither girl has had long bouts of cold or cough! Even if they catch cold once in a while, its gone within a day or two! Amazing stuff.

i keep this stuff stocked in my house and auto subscribe. i've been using elderberry for the past 2 years and have recommended it to everyone i know, it definitely works!whenever my kids start sneezing, have a sore throat or a runny nose i start a dose immediately. elderberry will either prevent my kids from getting sick or shorten the duration and intensity. my daughter was out sick from school one time last year and i attribute it to the use of elderberry. in addition, if one kid gets sick i start giving the other kid 1 dose concurrently and that usually prevents a family outbreak. my hubby and i both take the adult version and are just as pleased with the results.when my newborn baby arrives i will start giving my kids 1 dose a day for good measure.