Combat Colds with Echinacea

The other day I went to a local cafe in search of a can of diet cola when I noticed an interesting new drink in the refrigerator: organic orange juice with Echinacea. I thought, what, let's put it in water then? I mean, there are drops of Echinacea cough, Echinacea cold and flu medicine and even Echinacea / zinc lozenges. It's everywhere. In our quest to combat the common cold, I think things have ido out of hand. Okay, so I'm sceptical, not Echinacea itself, but because I have my doubts that the population of stores with products that have Echinacea in name but very little grass in reality the product is going to help anybody during this cold and flu season. As for the grass itself, I think it has possibilities.

Echinacea, commonly known as purple coneflower, is native to North americas and medicine has its origins in Native American cultures. It is used to treat a variety of things, especially diseases that we know today were of viral origin.

Modern research has shown that extracts of the herb have the ability to improve the immune system by activating white blood cells that fight infection. When taken to the emergence of an upper respiratory tract infection, there is evidence that shortens the duration of the disease.

Some people think they must have all winter Echinacea for preventing colds or the flu. Unfortunately, the discounts available studies to be presented as effective. More likely to catch diseases remain, but they recover more quickly when it does.

An interesting point about the investigation in Echinacea. Many of the studies use a human injectable form of grass and not the word we buy in stores. This makes it difficult to know if we can do the same conclusions about the Echinacea and we have to be used in the studies (another good reason to always read the fine print).

The recommended daily dose of Echinacea is one gram (1000 mg) of dry grass three times a day. Anyone allergic to ragweed, daisies, sunflowers or wonders could also be allergic to Echinacea. Experts recommend taking it for no more than eight weeks at a time. Once again research for the benefit of its use for prevention of upper respiratory tract infection is much weaker than for treating the infection once it starts.

As for all products that there are dabbling in "Echinacea bombo", I hope you know well because its medicinal value is questionable.