Dr. Christopher's Original Formulas Kid-e-Col Review
Dr. Christopher's Kid-e-Col Teething Formula is presented on this page as a mother's favorite formula for her newborn baby. The page describes it as a time tested formula and a blessing for infants. It is sold as a synergistic blend of herbs intended to soothe infants and toddlers. The page opens by describing the first year of a child's life as full of life's greatest joys, while noting that some days a little one may be fussy, crying, or whining for a prolonged time. The page advises that after making sure the child is well fed, rested, and has a fresh diaper, the infant could be teething or colicky. This is the situation the product is meant to address. The formula is made in a pure base of vegetable glycerine and has a natural anise flavor. The listed ingredients are catnip and fennel seed. The directions say to shake well. For colic, the page instructs taking 10 to 15 drops three times a day, or every hour as needed. For teething, the page instructs rubbing 3 to 4 drops on the gums. The product is listed at a current price of $13.29, down from an original price of $18.99, with a sale tag shown. A subscription option is offered with a save 10 percent price of $11.96, with delivery every 30, 60, or 90 days, and the subscription can be modified or cancelled at any time. The page notes that only 3 units are left in stock. The product is listed as HSA/FSA eligible, with the page stating an average saving of 30 percent. A Truemed widget for HSA/FSA payment is referenced, along with a claim of 15 percent off and free shipping on orders over $100. The shipping and returns section states that Vitality Nutrition accepts returns of unused items, and all returns must be postmarked within 14 days of receipt. The page also links to other Dr. Christopher's products sold on the same store, including Kid-e-Well Winter Formula, Kid-e-Mune Immune Formula, Kid-e-Calc Calcium Formula, Kid-e-Reg Bowel Tonic, and Kid-e-Mins Vitamins and Minerals. The reviews section on this page shows zero reviews and reports that no reviews match the current filter criteria.
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Study, Trial or Testing Result Summary
Members OnlyHuman studies
We found no human studies on immune system support for any ingredient in this product. The store listing names fennel seed, catnip leaf, chamomile flower and ginger root extracts in a glycerin and water liquid. The label shows only a proprietary blend with no amounts, so we cannot tell how much of each herb a serving contains or compare it with any studied dose. This formula is sold mainly for children's tummy comfort, gas and fussiness rather than immune health, and no study findings were given that link these herbs to stronger immunity in children or adults. Store ratings are strongly positive, with most of more than two thousand ratings favorable. Those ratings measure buyer satisfaction, not immune benefit, and no written reviews could be read for this record. Until human research on these herbs for immune support is available, the case for using this product for that goal rests on customer ratings alone, not on scientific evidence. Parents looking for immune support should treat it as unproven for that purpose. Animal and cell studies are never counted.
Review Totals and Summary
Members Only2,213 reviews · 92% positive
Across the store, the product shows 2213 ratings (IHerb, 2016 ratings), and the themes below come from the written reviews that could be read on its page. Only the liquid is covered here; no other forms of the product appeared in the summary, so none needed to be left out. The most common praise is for teething relief. Many parents say the liquid soothed teething discomfort and calmed fussy, cranky babies and toddlers, and several describe the relief as quick. The product page also carries a summary saying parents often praise its effectiveness for teething pain and colic, with babies calming down and sleeping better after use. Buyers also like the formula itself. Reviewers often describe it as natural and made with good quality ingredients, and they appreciate that it contains herbs without anything artificial or harsh. Several parents say they have used it with more than one child, and some use it for uncomfortable tummies as well as teething. One says they reach for it anytime they notice their baby is uncomfortable in the mouth. Taste and ease of use come up repeatedly. A number of parents report that their babies enjoyed the flavor and wanted more. Some reviewers say the liquid is easy to give, which makes dosing simpler during a difficult day. The reservations are fairly mild. Some reviewers have used the product only once or twice, so their comments reflect first impressions and excitement rather than long-term results. A few say it helped their child but describe the benefit as modest rather than dramatic. The page's summary also notes that a few users did not notice significant benefits. At least one review is just a short, unspecified comment with no detail. No reviewer raised safety or quality concerns; the most frequent complaint is limited observed benefit. In terms of who it suits, the feedback points to parents of babies and toddlers who want a gentle, natural, herb-based option for teething pain, fussiness, colic or occasional tummy upset, and who value a liquid that children accept willingly. Parents who expect dramatic, guaranteed results may find the effect more modest, as a few did. Nothing in the readable reviews addresses price or value, so no conclusion can be drawn on that point. Overall, the written feedback presents Kid-e-Col liquid as a gentle, natural product that many parents trust for teething and fussiness. Its strongest points are quick soothing, a flavor children like, and easy dosing, while the main drawback is that some users saw little or only modest benefit.
Biohacker Summary
Members Only8 of 10 recommend it
The product's main ingredient is not covered by the panel at all, so there is nothing to report on it. Ginger, which is only a smaller ingredient in this product, drew comments from nearly all ten, and most of them recommend it or use it, mainly for digestion, calming nausea, inflammation and blood sugar. They take it in many forms, including powder, capsules (one takes three a day, and another takes a capsule for digestion), tea, bone broth, soups and smoothies, and one gave a dose of 3 grams in a daily veggie meal. One panelist warns that ginger should be stopped before surgery because it can act like a med. Chamomile, also a smaller ingredient in this product, is backed by several for sleep and relaxation, usually as an evening tea or extract.
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Dr. Eric Berg · Ginger · recommends
- Suggests that ginger is an easy addition to a daily routine that may support digestion, inflammation, and healthy blood sugar levels.
- Recommends consuming ginger every single day for its benefits on digestion, inflammation, skin, blood sugar stability, and potential fat loss.
- Mentions ginger as a food that black cumin seed oil outperforms in reducing inflammation.
- Lists ginger as an epigenetic factor that may help with cancer prevention.
- Dr. Eric Berg recommends Chamomile Tea to help reduce kidney and gallstones.
- Recommends ginger as it works to reduce inflammation.
- Asks if the audience knows about the benefits of consuming ginger.
- Highlights amazing benefits of ginger.
- Recommends ginger as a natural remedy for period pain.
- Notes that ginger was comparable to meds in a randomized control study for menstrual cramps.
- Notes that Wikipedia states there is insufficient evidence to recommend the use of chamomile for treating dysmenorrhea.
- Notes that Wikipedia states there is insufficient evidence to recommend the use of fennel for treating dysmenorrhea.
- Recommends ginger as an herb that can increase the contraction of the gallbladder.
- Recommends chamomile tea because it contains apigenin, which decreases CD38 cells, helping to preserve NAD in mitochondria and support energy extraction.
Ben Greenfield · Ginger · warns
- Advises patients to stop ginger before surgery because it can act as a med or antiplatelet agent.
- Recommends root spices like ginger for use on the AIP diet.
- Cooked fennel with kale, olive oil, and rice vinegar as a side dish.
- Suggests using chamomile as a compound to help shut down hardwired dopamine firing pathways for those with ruminating thoughts at night.
- Recommends anti-inflammatory spices like turmeric, ginger, and garlic, often seen in a Mediterranean approach, to help with inflammation and fat loss.
- Ben Greenfield recommends chamomile as an herbal supplement for insomnia.
- He recommends sprinkling ginger into food and rotating it into the diet on a regular basis to induce a hormetic response.
- Recommends ginger for gas and gastrointestinal motility issues, suggesting chewing on ginger candies or ginger root, or making ginger tea.
- Mentions covering the hidden benefits of ginger.
- Uses ginger frequently in various forms, including powder in cooking, dry ginger for travel, and boiling organic ginger root for tea, noting its positive impact on triglyceride levels, plasma cholesterol, LDL oxidation, and atherosclerosis.
- Mentions ginger as an ingredient in the NOVOS supplement, which has decent human research for cellular longevity and staving off DNA damage.
- Ben mentions that a daily dose of 1-4g of ginger is an easy hack for high triglycerides.
- Uses ginger root when traveling as a cheap digestive hack, boiling it in water every morning to sip throughout the day and chewing on the softened pieces, which is fantastic for gut health.
- Uses fresh fennel as a garnish for his raw carrot cake, though he wishes he had a better garnish.
Thomas DeLauer · Ginger · neutral
- Mentions that Dose Daily contains organic ginger root powder.
- Uses ginger oil, an ingredient in Curcumin Gold, stating it helps modulate inflammation within the gut.
- Explains that fennel relaxes intestinal smooth muscle, which helps settle cramping and acts as a mild stool softener.
- Recommends ginger, explaining that it contains components that allow GLUT4 receptors to disperse more heavily throughout a cell, which helps absorb glucose and reduces blood sugar.
- Recommends dried ginger powder for insulin resistance, stating that it hits all three pathways simultaneously and significantly lowers fasting blood sugar and reduces insulin resistance.
- Recommends dried ginger for fat burning, stating that it activates a fat-burning receptor and drives up adrenaline and fat loss without needing caffeine or stimulants. He suggests taking 1 to 5 grams pre-exercise or in a fasted state, or adding it to coffee, electrolytes, or tea.
- Recommends ginger powder, stating that it hits inflammation from two different angles simultaneously, suppressing enzymes that produce pain and swelling, and suppressing nuclear factor kappa B to block inflammatory gene expression. He suggests using 3g per day consistently for 6 to 8 weeks for muscle soreness reductions.
- Mentions that Dose Daily, which he recommends for liver support, contains organic ginger root powder.
- Recommends using 1 to 3 grams of dry ginger powder daily, especially in a fasted state, before workouts, or with carbohydrate-heavy meals, as it can significantly reduce fasting blood glucose and has a ripple effect on insulin resistance and visceral fat.
- Recommends ginger, noting that it contains gingerols and helps increase GLUT4 translocation, which is beneficial for insulin resistance.
- Recommends ginger as it speeds gastric emptying, leading to less food fermentation and reduced bloating.
- Recommends a simple bag of chamomile tea in a nighttime drink, noting it acts as a sedative to help fall asleep.
- Recommends chamomile and lemon balm as hugely beneficial for a sedative-like effect that can make one feel calmer, especially if tart cherry juice is avoided due to sugar content.
- Recommends chamomile in supplement form for sleep, noting its potent, tranquilizer-like effect that binds to Gaba A, helping people wind down and relax a few hours before bed.
Dr. Mark Hyman · Ginger · uses
- Uses ginger in his chicken soup and a special drink because it is anti-inflammatory and helps with symptoms when feeling sick.
- Recommends ginger as an anti-inflammatory powerhouse.
- Dr. Mark Hyman designed 'The World's Smartest Smoothie' using organic ingredients, including Organic Ginger juice.
- Mentions that Paleovalley's turmeric complex includes organic ginger.
- Includes ginger in their smoothie for anti-inflammatory support.
- Included ginger in their chicken dish as part of an anti-inflammatory power couple with turmeric.
- Recommends the Orange Ginger Salmon en Papilotte recipe, stating it is good and easy to make.
- Mentions stir-frying bok choy with ginger for dinner.
- Recommends ginger as an anti-inflammatory phytochemical that can help soothe the gut lining.
- Recommends chamomile as an herbal supplement for deep sleep and relaxation, especially for those who are tired, wired, and stressed.
- States that ginger can be good for nausea.
- States that chamomile tea helps with anxiety and is calming.
- Mentions chamomile as an herb that can be helpful for sleep.
- Suggests that herbs like chamomile can be very helpful for sleep.
Andrew Huberman · Ginger · neutral
- Discusses a study where people who had taken powdered ginger were less judgmental because their stomachs were calmed, noting that ginger calms the stomach.
- Recounts his cat's 'catnip problem,' where the cat would get so affected by catnip that it would forget where the plant was, which Andrew Huberman considers a brilliant strategy by the plant to make its predator forget its location.
- Asks if ginger can increase metabolism and states that apparently, it can.
- Conducted a study on ginger powder dissolved in warm water, which significantly elevated the thermic effect of food over a 6-hour period, suggesting it could boost energy expenditure.
- Mentions chamomile extract as one of the clinically supported ingredients that can help you fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling more refreshed, and he has worked with AG1 to create a product that includes it.
- Mentions Chamomile extract as a clinically supported ingredient that can help people fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling more refreshed.
- States that chamomile extract is a clinically supported ingredient that can help one fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling more refreshed.
- Mentions chamomile extract as one of several clinically supported ingredients that can help people fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling more refreshed.
- Likes chamomile tea after a meal.
- States that there are good, unbiased peer-reviewed studies showing that 1 to 3 grams of ginger can cause a notable reduction in nausea.
- Mentions that chamomile tea is often suggested for de-stressing, but implies it's not always the appropriate response to stress, especially when preparing for a challenge.
- Mentions ginger as having some potential benefit for inflammation, but notes it's not typically used unless in very specific circumstances like an injury.
- Recommends ginger for reducing nausea.
- Ginger can cause a notable reduction in nausea, with good data from 11 peer-reviewed research studies showing its effectiveness at a dose of one to three grams.
Siim Land · Chamomile · neutral
- Mentions getting a 'glycine + chamomile tea buzz too hard', implying a connection to sleep or relaxation.
- Mentions ginger as a compound that can increase autophagy, but notes it doesn't come close to exercise in effectiveness.
- States that ginger lowers body weight in people who are overweight or have high inflammation.
- Recommends having chamomile tea in the evening as it has autophagy-regulating effects and is part of his perfect evening tea.
- Recommends having ginger tea in the evening as it has autophagy-regulating effects.
- Warns that chamomile is ludicrous for people with severe mental health challenges, as it's not potent enough, but might be interesting for those with very low-grade anxiety.
- Drinks chamomile tea 2 hours before bed, noting its anxiolytic properties and ability to improve sleep.
- Drinks chamomile tea in the evening.
- Drinks ginger tea in the evening.
- Places Ginger in the 'good' tier, noting evidence that it helps with weight loss and digestion, though its effects are not very significant.
- Recommends ginger for metabolic health, especially for insulin resistance and dyslipidemia.
- Drinks chamomile tea after dinner, noting its anxiolytic effects and its ability to help empty the bladder as a med.
- Recommends ginger for general longevity, stating it has been seen to extend lifespan in animals and improves inflammation, might support weight loss, and joint health in humans, though with slightly less evidence than curcumin.
- Recommends Ginger for longevity, highlighting its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, and its benefits for digestion.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick · Ginger · uses
- Likes adding ginger to bone broth for flavor, warmth, and its anti-inflammatory compounds.
- Recommends Chamomile as a sleep supplement that promotes relaxation and reduces nighttime awakenings, offering meaningful improvements to sleep quality.
- Mentions chamomile as one of the calming things that can be helpful for people who need a little bit of calming and relaxation to promote sleep, even if it doesn't technically do anything on the sleep side.
- Takes a ginger capsule, which seems to improve his digestion.
- Tim Ferriss consumes ginger with turmeric and black pepper in tea to counteract unnecessary inflammation.
- Recommends drinking chamomile tea at night before bed for sleep quality, as it is rich in apigenin and has some evidence to support its benefits.
Dave Asprey · Ginger · recommends
- Recommends ginger as a midwife remedy to help with nausea during pregnancy.
- States that ginger pain is the toxin that causes gum inflammation and periodontitis, and increasing the activities of other microbes can keep it in control.
- Mentions that ginger is one of the adaptogens they ferment in their scoby.
- Dave Asprey notes that Farmers Juice uses ginger.
- States that fennel is good for you.
- Tiffany Haddish drinks ginger turmeric tea every day.
- Mentions taking ginger as part of his typical supplementation.
- Recommends ginger as a natural remedy for inflammation.
- Discusses using ginger.
Bryan Johnson · Ginger · uses
- Includes three capsules of Ginger in his Blueprint stack.
- Includes 3g of ginger in his Super Veggie for a variety of benefits including liver, pancreas, artery health, and digestion.
- Includes ginger in his Super Veggie meal, which he eats at 7 AM.
- Includes ginger in his daily 'Super Veggie' breakfast for its nutrient density.
- Uses ginger in his Super Veggies.
RAL Summary
Members OnlyTier 4 for Immune Health
Tier 3 requires some study support, but no human studies on immune support were given for any of its ingredients, so the evidence is thin and supports tier 4. So it is graded Tier 4, lower than the rules alone gave.
- Emerging: not enough evidence to rank higher yet.
- No human studies on this goal for its ingredients.
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Members OnlyBody systems · Combine with · Possible side effects
Body systems: Digestive system, Nervous system, Immune system
Combine with: For its actual immune and throat-soothing purpose, pair it with vitamin C, zinc lozenges, and vitamin D3 to support immune function, and consider elderberry or propolis for added seasonal support. Garlic or astragalus can complement echinacea for short-term defense, and a probiotic may help maintain gut-immune balance. Because Echinacea is best used in short courses, avoid continuous long-term use. Check with a pediatrician for dosing in children. If the real goal is cellular and DNA repair, look at a different product with NMN or NR, resveratrol or pterostilbene, CoQ10, alpha-lipoic acid, and omega-3s instead.
Possible side effects: No major side effects reported.
Supplement Facts
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Other ingredients: A Base of, Natural flavoring.
Directions: Recommendations: Shake well. For colic take 10 to 15 drops three times a day or every hour a needed. For teething rub 3 to 4 drops on the gums.
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