Evidence brief · Supplement
Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) for Common cold / sinusitis
Evidence grade B — Symptom relief
- Overall grade
- Grade B
- Last revised
- 1
- graded outcome
- 0
- references listed
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1 at grade B — 1 graded row
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Common cold / sinusitisEvidence grade B
Symptom relief
Smallmixed
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Studies disagree: Common cold / sinusitis (mixed agreement).
The evidence in words
The verdict
For common cold / sinusitis, Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) earns evidence grade B (small effect, mixed consistency) — there is real evidence here. Symptom relief
How it might work
It has antiviral and antibacterial-adhesion activity plus immune-stimulating and mild expectorant effects.
How to use it
Safety & cautions
Generally well tolerated (GI upset, rare allergic reactions); rare liver-injury reports warrant stopping if symptoms occur.
Bottom line
One of the best-evidenced herbal options for shortening acute bronchitis and colds — reasonable to reach for at symptom onset, using the standardized extract.
Goes with
- Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo)Read the full Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) monographEvidence grade B
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) for Acute bronchitis duration/severityEvidence grade B — EPs 7630Evidence grade B
- Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo): side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally well tolerated (GI upset, rare allergic reactions); rare liver-injury reports warrant stopping if symptoms occEvidence grade B
- Andrographis for Common coldEvidence grade B — Severity and durationEvidence grade B
- Andrographis for Upper-respiratory infection severity/durationEvidence grade B — Meta-analyticEvidence grade B
Sources
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Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.