Quantum Herbal Products - Cold & Flu Formula - 2 fl. oz.

I use Quantum products quite often but just recently tried this one when I caught a debilitating cold. I am sorry to say it did absolutely nothing for me. I personally don't mind the taste as others on here do, I just found it to have no effect whatsoever. My cold lasted a few days and was miserable, as usual with any cold.*Edit: And a month later, I have had the same experience. This stuff does not help me at all.

Ok folks, I know it's antisocial but I never write these things, I mean never. But this product is almost unbelievable in its efficacy. I take vitamins, but that is about the extent of my confidence in holistic health remedies; this product however is something else. I have been using it on and off for about 2 years and I would say, on average, it cuts the length and severity of my cold symptoms in half. Many is the time that it has nipped an incipient cold in the bud so there were no symptoms to measure. You have to take it early and often. Also, it tastes absolutely disgusting - there's just no beating around the bush on that. I highly recommend it.

The best product I ever found for nuking an oncoming cold was Quantum's Cold & Flu Formula. As long as I started dosing before the symptoms had a chance to escalate to a full-blown cold, the effectiveness of this herbal blend was incredible. But suddenly all Quantum's products disappeared from the shelves where I used to purchase this outstanding product. Now there's a notice on their website:Dear Customers and Friends,Quantum Herbal Products would like to thank you for your business and loyalty over the years.Unfortunately, after 17 years of business, we are closing our doors, effective November 1st, 2013, due to tremendous pressure from regulatory agencies.We continue to receive "love letters", as we call them, from very enthusiastic customers about our fabulous products and we regret disappointing any of you.Thank you again, our beloved customers and sales reps for your loyalty and service. May you be blessed with good health and keep looking for natural solutions to all health challenges.Love and Blessings,Ruth Sobel, Owner_________________________________Now, I can't speak to the quality or potential dangers of other Quantum products, except perhaps colloidal silver. I know they sold a colloidal silver salve, but I don't know if they sold colloidal silver to be taken internally, as do numerous other vendors of herbal products. If so, I can say that such a product is dangerous quack medicine, and you can do your own research about that. Suffice it to say, a regular dose of colloidal silver will turn your skin and fingernails permanently blue and won't benefit your health in any way. Yet other other companies continue to sell that dangerous product, and the government apparently couldn't care less.However, I can speak to the value of Quantum's Cold & Flu Formula, having used it often for over a year myself with great results and no discernible harmful side effects. And, frankly, it pisses me off that the government leaned on this company so heavily that this great product is no longer available and all their employees were thrown out of work. But that's par for the course with the FDA, isn't it? They'll approve countless dangerous and even lethal products circulated by big drug companies, who, of course, spend millions on their lobbying (AKA bribery) efforts in Washington. But let a small company produce an herbal product that kicks the crap out of the drug companies' products and the government will take an oppressive interest in that small company and crush them out of existence.Once again, the public gets shafted by the best government money can buy.Edit: I repent of my folly and apologize sincerely to anyone who read the above review of mine and took this product as a result. After having taken it for years when I felt cold symptoms, I've started to suffer from heart palpitations but never put two and two together, fool that I am. Last night, I took two doses of this stuff (renamed "C&F Seasonal Support" by the company, who rebranded themselves as "Woodstock Herbal Products" to continue selling their products after facing pressure from the FDA). I had a terrible night, with the worst heart palpitations I've experienced so far. Bottom line, I suspect that some ingredient or ingredients in this product is a toxin that builds up in one's system over time and does damage once it builds up enough. I'll never take this stuff again, and I'm going to contact poison control and the FDA to see if they can identify any such toxins in the product. Meanwhile, don't be a fool like me: Don't take stuff concocted by make-believe chemists who aren't regulated by the FDA, or who dodge regulation by changing their name. I suspect they're selling poison.

I am no longer afraid of jinxing myself so I will say it - ever since I discovered this product 5 years ago, I have not been sick once. It is absolutely amazing, It works on my family as well except they are not as diligent about using it.

I hate to say that this did not help me, my cold started 2 days ago, started taking it right away but I don't feel any changes .... The cold is running its course without being bothered by this product.i wish it worked, I tried many natural remedies but none seem to work for me.BTW, I found this product on Amazon for a few dollars + shipping, this is totally overpriced.1 star also because it contains alcohol which I didn't realize at the time of purchase. The problem is that on Amazon you cant always find the ingredients listed which is pretty annoying.