Research · Systematic review
Andrographis paniculata in the symptomatic treatment of uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection: systematic review of randomized controlled trials
What it found
Andrographis was more effective than placebo for symptom relief; the authors judged the evidence suggestive but limited and called for more rigorous trials.
- Design
- Systematic review
- Year
- 2004
- Sample size
- 433
- Population
- patients with uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection (4 RCTs; 3 pooled)
- Intervention
- oral Andrographis paniculata extract (alone or with Eleutherococcus) vs placebo
- Outcome
- symptomatic relief of URTI
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.