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Echinacea (Echinacea spp.)
Specific Recommendations:
General Information:
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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
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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
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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
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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.""
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Herbal Aids for Cancer - Nutrition Science News, 3/00
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A Shield of Immunity - Nutrition Science News, 9/99
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Echinacea vs. the Common Cold - Nutrition Science News, 9/99
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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 purpurea
Protects Against Restraint Stress-Induced Immunosuppression in BALB/c Mice -
J Med Food. 2018 Mar;21(3):261-268 - "Echinacea
significantly normalized the restraint stress-induced reduction in
splenocyte proliferation and splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity
(P < .05). Echinacea treatment significantly increased the percentages of
CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in the blood (P < .05). In addition, Echinacea
restored serum cytokine levels, including interleukin-6 (IL-6),
interleukin-10 (IL-10), and interleukin-17 (IL-17), as well as the mRNA
expressions of these cytokines in spleen (P < .05). Our findings suggest
that Echinacea might have beneficial effects on restraint stress-induced
immunosuppression by increasing splenocyte proliferation and NK cell
activity, while modulating T lymphocyte subsets and cytokine levels in the
blood" - [Nutra
USA] - See echinacea suoolements at
Amazon.com.
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Echinacea Reduces the Risk of Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infections and
Complications: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials - Adv
Ther. 2015 Mar 18 - "Six clinical studies with a
total of 2458 participants were included in the meta-analysis. Use of
echinacea extracts was associated with reduced risk of recurrent respiratory
infections (RR 0.649, 95% CI 0.545-0.774; P < 0.0001) ... Three independent
studies found that in individuals with higher susceptibility, stress or a
state of immunological weakness, echinacea halved the risk of recurrent
respiratory infections (RR 0.501, 95% CI 0.380-0.661; P < 0.0001). Similar
preventive effects were observed with virologically confirmed recurrent
infections (RR 0.420, 95% CI 0.222-0.796; P = 0.005). Complications
including pneumonia, otitis media/externa, and tonsillitis/pharyngitis were
also less frequent with echinacea treatment (RR 0.503, 95% CI 0.384-0.658; P
< 0.0001)" - See
Echinacea goldenseal at Amazon.com
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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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