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Echinacea (Echinacea spp.)
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General Information:
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Echinacea
- Vitacost Health Library
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Echinacea - Compiled by Chad Bradshaw, Pharm.D
- Echinacea - The Natural
Pharmacist
- Echinamide - The best choice in Echinacea - Dr.
Murray
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Echinacea - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Echinacea is Effective if you use an Effective Product
- Dr. Murray's Natural Facts, 12/17/03 -
"The bottom line here is that echinacea is effective if you use an effective
product ... I recommend Echinamide, a patented, super-extracted Echinacea
product developed and marketed by Natural Factors"
- ConsumerLabs claims 44 percent of echinacea products failed testing
- Herbs.org - I feel that's the reason for conflicting studies with
echinacea. - Ben
- Cold and Flu -
Echinacea - natmedonline.com
News & Research:
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What's With Echinacea?
- Dr. Weil, 8/7/07
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Study: Echinacea Cuts Colds by Half - WebMD, 6/26/07
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Lancet: Echinacea does fight colds - USA Today, 6/25/07 -
"the popular herbal supplement echinacea cuts the
chance of catching a cold by 58% and can reduce the duration of colds by
about a day and a half"
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Echinacea Side Effect: Gut Changes - WebMD, 12/20/06
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Questions raised about Echinacea’s effect on gut health - Nutra USA,
12/19/06
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Echinacea Not Effective for the Common Cold - Medscape, 8/5/05
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No Sign that Echinacea Prevents, Treats Colds - WebMD, 7/27/05
- Echinacea
fails to treat or prevent colds in study - MSNBC, 7/27/05
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Echinacea Fails To Block Cold Virus Infection
- Science Daily, 6/15/04
- Echinacea review - ConsumerLab.com, 3/18/04
- Herbal
Preparation May Prevent Respiratory Tract Infection in Children
- Medscape, 3/2/04
- Supplement
Week: Echinacea: An Immune System Threat? - Dr. Weil, 9/2/03
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Recent Evidence About Echinacea: Is Its Popularity Justified? - Natural
Foods Merchandiser, 7/03
- Echinacea Fails to Treat Kids' Colds - Doctor's
Guide, 5/7/03
- Echinacea and the Common Cold: More Controversy -
New Hope Natural Media, 4/3/03
- Labels on Popular Herbal Supplement Echinacea Frequently Inaccurate
- WebMD, 3/26/03
- Echinacea's benefits still inconclusive - USA
Today, 12/16/02 - "It's one of the
big problems with the health food industry," he said. "In a lot of cases,
you don't know what you're getting." - You get what you pay for with
supplements. Stick with brand names.
- Echinacea Helps Boost Immune System - New Hope
Natural Media, 9/19/02
- Herbs for
Kids? - Dr. Weil, 7/25/02
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Echinacea May Cause Allergic Reaction - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 3/02
- Echinacea May Cause Serious Adverse Reactions In People With Allergies
- Intelihealth, 2/7/02
- Echinacea Linked to Allergies - WebMD, 1/22/02
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Natural cures for the common cold? - CNN, 2/13/01
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Native Americans Knew the Power of Herbs - WebMD, 8/21/00 -
"What's complicating the picture is that testing has involved different
types of extracts, either from different species or from different parts of
the plants in the studies. If they use roots, they get a different chemical
structure than if you use the upper parts of the plant.""
- Herbal Aids for Cancer - Nutrition Science News,
3/00
- A Shield of Immunity - Nutrition Science News,
9/99
- Echinacea vs. the Common Cold - Nutrition Science
News, 9/99
- Immune Enhancers - Nutrition Science News, 2/99
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Preparing for Flu Season with Echinacea - Life Extension Magazine, 12/98
Abstracts:
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Echinacea and Truth in Labeling - Arch Intern Med. 2003 Mar
24;163(6):699-704 - "Of the samples,
6 (10%) of 59 preparations contained no measurable Echinacea. The assayed
species content was consistent with labeled content in 31 (52%) of the
samples. Of the 21 standardized preparations, 9 (43%) met the quality
standard described on the label. Labeled milligrams were weakly associated
with measured constituent" - That's probably one reasons for
conflicting studies on echinacea. - Ben
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Echinacea root extracts for the prevention of upper respiratory tract
infections: a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial - Arch
Fam Med. 1998 Nov-Dec;7(6):541-5
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