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Echinacea cuts cold incidence (big pharma eats their shorts)
Reuters ^
| 09/20/06
| Martha Kerr
Posted on 09/20/2006 6:54:52 PM PDT by djf
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Meta study. Watch for the FDA to decide you need a script.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:54:54 PM PDT
by
djf
To: djf
To: djf; SunkenCiv; Salvation; Lil'freeper; redhead; cyborg
Which species of Echinacea:
E. purpurea, E. angustifolia, and E. pallida. ???
some work and some don't.
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posted on
09/20/2006 7:01:18 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, geese, algae)
To: Coleus
Dunno. Maybe all. I think purpurea is the most commonly used.
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posted on
09/20/2006 7:03:46 PM PDT
by
djf
(Some people say we evolved. I say "Some did, some didn't!")
To: djf
I've been using echinacea for several years.
It really does cut the duration of the cold.
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posted on
09/20/2006 7:11:16 PM PDT
by
markoman
(The man with the rubber glove was....surprisingly gentle.)
To: markoman
I agree. I keep some at the office and some at home. Recommended this stuff to a friend just the other day.
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posted on
09/20/2006 7:12:09 PM PDT
by
proudofthesouth
(Mao said that power comes at the point of a rifle; I say FREEDOM does.)
To: Coleus
E. purpurea is what I use.
Haven't had a serious cold in the 10 or so years since I started using it at the first symptoms.... And I used to get several HORRIBLE colds every year.
I swear by it.
Use the powdered natural root in capsules, not the processed pills. The processed tablets are no where near as effective.
To: djf
Colds easily turn into Bronchitis in me, so I do all I can to nip them in the bud. Years ago, I found the trick. When I feel the slightest tingle of a cold coming on, I take Soloray Echinacea Root with Vitamin C & Zinc. Two in the morning and two in the evening. Two capsules have 500 mg of Vitamin C, 10 mg of Zinc, 850 mg of Echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea pupurea)(root), 50 mg Citrus Bioflavinoid Complex, 10 mg Hesperdin Complex (from lemon), 10 mg Rutin (from Buck Wheat), and 10 mg Rose Hips.
This tactic has worked to ward off or at least severely soften the blow of at least six colds over the last several years. I swear by it.
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posted on
09/20/2006 7:24:22 PM PDT
by
SW6906
(6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
To: LegendHasIt
Haven't had a serious cold in the 10 or so years
Same here...but I don't know why. I just never get them anymore.
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posted on
09/20/2006 7:40:23 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/20/2006 7:45:57 PM PDT
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: djf
I find Cold-eeze works for me. Havn't tried this yet.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:12:13 PM PDT
by
Malsua
To: Malsua
Actually, neither have I. Try to make sure I get Zinc and VitC everyday.
Get a sinus headache about once a week, but rarely get colds.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:17:42 PM PDT
by
djf
(Some people say we evolved. I say "Some did, some didn't!")
To: P-40
Your immune system changes as you age. In some ways not always for the worst.
I suffered allergy induced asthma for over 20 years (into my 40's). In my 30s a doctor told me it would improve when I got into middle age. I can do things now, without meds, that I couldn't do when I was 25 and heavily medicated. Being able to breath is a wonderful thing.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:18:43 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
To: markoman
If you take it with zinc and Elderberry it works even faster, you'll hard even know you had a cold... and if you are really quick and take it at the first sign of a scratchy throat you may feel sleepy for a few days, but that's about it... NOW makes a elderberry, zinc and Echinecia lozenge and you can suck on one every couple of hours. Always keep a bottle in our cabinet.
To: djf
feh
I'll stick withmy sauna, thank you. There's no cold that will stand up to high heat and excessive humidity...
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:33:55 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Sauna naked!!)
To: djf
My prescription for not getting sick is plenty of cigarettes and ocassional 6-pack or two. I have only missed 4 sick days of work in 10 years, 2 of those were for an elective operation.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:36:11 PM PDT
by
Toby06
(Hydrogen is not a fuel source. Hydrogen is an energy storage method, like a battery.)
To: djf
Use of echinacea, or extract of the purple coneflower Are there any extracts for this stuff?
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:38:09 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Property tax is feudalism. Income taxes are armed robbery of the minority by the majority.)
To: djf
Use of echinacea, or extract of the purple coneflower Are there any extracts for this stuff?
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:38:14 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Property tax is feudalism. Income taxes are armed robbery of the minority by the majority.)
To: Arizona Carolyn
Elderberry has always worked for me, but it's getting harder to find.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:38:40 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
I am doing the opposite. I just developed an allergic bronchitis this summer, to bleach of all things.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:39:51 PM PDT
by
ican'tbelieveit
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