250 mg E. purpurea root and 83 mg E.angustifolia root standardized to 10 mg alkylamides, and 210 mg of a proprietary synergistic extract blend containing andrographis paniculata leaf, black elderberry berries, sambucus nigra, ginger root, and zingiber officinale

Placebo will contain the excipients vegetable glycerin and olive oil. Placebo and echinacea capsules will be colored green and contain the same proportions of inert ingredients.

Acute Respiratory Infections

Quick Defense

Placebo

ASU-NCRC Human Performance Lab

Echinacea and Acute Respiratory Illness

Efficacy of Ingesting Gaia Herb's Quick Defense Product in Reducing Acute Respiratory Illness Symptomatology in Women: a 12-Week, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial

The Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-24) will be used to assess common cold illness severity and symptoms (see attached questionnaire). Subjects will fill in the one-page WURSS-24 at the end of each day during the 12-week monitoring period. This 12-week period will cover the winter and early spring period of 2014. From the responses recorded during the 84-day study, an ARI severity score will be calculated by summing the daily ARI global severity score (0=not sick, 1=very mild ARI to 7=severe). The ARI symptom score for the 84-day period will be calculated by summing all 10 symptom scores for each day's entry (0=do not have this symptom, 1=very mild to 7=severe). In similar fashion, the ARI function ability score for the 84-day period will be calculated by summing all 9 function scores for each day's entry (0=do not have this symptom, 1=very mild to 7=severe). Separate scores will be calculated comparing groups for each illness episode recorded by the subjects.

pharyngitis/soc

Echinacea and Acute Respiratory Illness

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