Safety · Supplement
Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo): side effects, safety & interactions
Generally well tolerated (GI upset, rare allergic reactions); rare liver-injury reports warrant stopping if symptoms occ
- Overall grade
- Grade B
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
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The evidence in words
Safety profile
Generally well tolerated (GI upset, rare allergic reactions); rare liver-injury reports warrant stopping if symptoms occur.
Interactions to respect
No major interactions are on record for Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) at typical doses, but tell your clinician about everything you take.
What Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) is
Pelargonium sidoides root extract (standardized as EPs 7630, 'Umckaloabo') is used for acute respiratory infections.
The honest 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.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Andrographis: side effects, safety & interactionsGI upset, allergy; possible additive immune/anticoagulant effects; avoid in pregnancy.Evidence grade B
- Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo)A South African geranium root (EPs 7630) with solid evidence for shortening acute bronchitis and colds.Evidence grade B
- Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) for Acute bronchitis duration/severityEvidence grade B — EPs 7630Evidence grade B
- Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) for Common cold / sinusitisEvidence grade B — Symptom reliefEvidence grade B
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