| Disease | ADMINISTRATION OF AN HERBAL PREPARATION (CHIZUKIT) CONTAINING 50 MG/ML OF ECHINACEA, 50 MG/ML OF PROPOLIS, AND 10 MG/ML OF VITAMIN C, OR PLACEBO (5.0 ML AND 7.5 ML TWICE DAILY FOR AGES 1 TO 3 YEARS AND 4 TO 5 YEARS, RESPECTIVELY) FOR 12 WEEKS. SIGNIFICANT MEAN REDUCTIONS OF ILLNESSES WERE SEEN IN THE CHIZUKIT GROUP IN THE NUMBER OF ILLNESS EPISODES, 138 VS 308 (55% REDUCTION); NUMBER OF EPISODES PER CHILD, 0.9 ± 1.1 VS 1.8 ± 1.3 (50% REDUCTION, P<.001); AND NUMBER OF DAYS WITH FEVER PER CHILD, 2.1 ± 2.9 VS 5.4 ± 4.4) (62% REDUCTION, P<.001). THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ILLNESS DAYS AND DURATION OF INDIVIDUAL EPISODES WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN THE CHIZUKIT GROUP. ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS WERE RARE, MILD, AND TRANSIENT. |