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Echinacea: cold comfort.
Echinacea, the top-selling herbal remedy in the U.S., seems to do what conventional drugs can't: reduce the length of a cold. That's the conclusion of the latest comprehensive review of the published research. But our tests of 19 echinacea pill supplements found a number of possible problems that could complicate your buying decision:
* Three products had less than the labeled amount of an ingredient that identifies the presence of echinacea. Overall, the amount of that ingredient varied substantially from product to product, even from bottle to bottle of the same product.
* Four products contained amounts of lead that, while small, exceeded a ...
- Echinacea: TO ENHANCE IMMUNE FUNCTION.
- Magazine article from: Vibrant Life Craig, Winston J November 1, 1999 700+ words
Echinacea (pronounced eK-i-NAY-sha) is...various cold medications on the market. Echinacea is also valued for its reported ability...function. There are nine varieties of echinacea indigenous to North America that grow...
- Echinacea.
- Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review August 1, 2001 700+ words
Introduction The Echinacea plant is a member of the Compositae family; the three species of medicinal interest being Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpurea, and Echinacea pallida. Echinacea angustifolia...
- Echinacea: An Update on the Popular Cold Cure.
- Newspaper article from: Alternative Medicine Alert April 1, 2004 700+ words
Echinacea: An Update on the Popular Cold Cure By David Kiefer, MD Echinacea products continue to represent both the popular...physicians to know what to tell patients taking echinacea as a cure for the common cold or for its other popular...
- Echinacea may protect against the common cold.(Infectious Diseases)(Report)
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Evans, Jeff September 1, 2007 700+ words
...E have supported the use of echinacea for the common cold, "there...controversy about the efficacy of echinacea for the prevention or treatment...showing a null effect," wrote lead investigator Sachin A. Shah...356 patients in tests of echinacea's effect on the incidence...
- Echinacea reduces incidence, duration of colds.(Across Specialties)
- Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News Evans, Jeff September 1, 2007 700+ words
...E have supported the use of echinacea for the common cold, "there...controversy about the efficacy of echinacea for the prevention or treatment...showing a null effect," wrote lead investigator Sachin A. Shah...356 patients in tests of echinacea's effect on the incidence...
- Echinacea cut common cold's impact in half.(Infectious Diseases)
- Magazine article from: Skin & Allergy News Evans, Jeff September 1, 2007 700+ words
...E have supported the use of echinacea for the common cold, "there...controversy about the efficacy of echinacea for the prevention or treatment...showing a null effect," wrote lead investigator Sachin A. Shah...356 patients in tests of echinacea's effect on the incidence...
- ECHINACEA TAKES CENTER STAGE.
- Magazine article from: Health Products Business Foster, Steven September 1, 1999 700+ words
...Loveland, Co. This seems to be the year of echinacea. Several clinical studies have been...popular press, and two international echinacea symposia have been held. Numerous research...One study published in 1998 showed that echinacea did not help to prevent colds if taken...
- Echinacea May Reduce Respiratory Infections in Children, According to New...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 2, 2003 700+ words
...A syrup made with the popular herb echinacea reduced the number of respiratory tract...one of the largest clinical trials on echinacea published to date. In a finding that...s primary outcomes, children in the echinacea group experienced significantly fewer...
