Echinacea vs. the common cold
Echinacea has been found to reduce the risk of getting the common cold by as much as 50%. Discuss breaking news about research into echinacea and share your take on the health benefits of taking echinacea.
BI Nutraceuticals is supporting growing consumer demand for natural immune health supplements during cold and flu season by increasing its Echinacea powder supply.
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Dina Litovsky Babs's secret sauce: a version of gogol mogol.
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Echinacea purpurea Hope, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.
This photo shows a Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea ‘Hope’. This a patented hybrid, with a portion of each sale donated by the wholesale growers to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure, a leading organization in the fight against breast cancer.
I’ve been growing exotic hybridized [...]
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- Anti-viral properties and mode of action of standardized Echinacea purpurea... (biomedcentral.com)
Becoming Echinacea 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.
When I saw this Echinacea bud, I knew the image would have to be black and white because the flower was still an entirely monochromatic green. Spectacular colors would come later in the flower’s life.
I photographed the Echinacea in early evening with my 85mm [...]
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Echinacea Pink Double Delight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.
Flower macros are a personal subject that I return to over and over again with great joy. The photo above is an Echinacea Pink Double Delight that I photographed just after a recent rainstorm.
The daffodil in the sunshine (below) is from early 2008. [...]
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Product: Halls ProHealth Defense dietary supplement, $4.99 for 18 drops, at CVS, Walgreens, Wal-Mart.
Key ingredients: Vitamins A, C and E, zinc and extract of rose hips, echinacea purpurea, American ginseng, chamomile, green tea extract and astragalus.
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From miamiherald.com
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Supports a healthy immune system* Supports natural resistance* Antioxidant protection* Orange Flavor GNC Ultra Zinc Lozenges are scientifically designed to support a healthy immune system and provide antioxidant protection.* Each lozenge is blister packed to be portable and easy to use. Echinacea and Zinc - Key ingredients that help support natural resistance.* Vitamins A and C - Essential antioxidant vitamins that protect cells against the...
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The species of Echinacea are:
* Echinacea angustifolia - Narrow-leaf Coneflower
* Echinacea atrorubens - Topeka Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea laevigata - Smooth Coneflower, Smooth Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea pallida - Pale Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow Coneflower, Bush's Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea sanguinea - Sanguine purple coneflower
* Echinacea simulata - Wavyleaf Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea tennesseensis - Tennessee Coneflower
Source: Wikipedia.org
* Echinacea angustifolia - Narrow-leaf Coneflower
* Echinacea atrorubens - Topeka Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea laevigata - Smooth Coneflower, Smooth Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea pallida - Pale Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow Coneflower, Bush's Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea sanguinea - Sanguine purple coneflower
* Echinacea simulata - Wavyleaf Purple Coneflower
* Echinacea tennesseensis - Tennessee Coneflower
Source: Wikipedia.org
- Rhinoviruses are responsible for about half of all common colds in children and adults.
- School children usually catch between seven and 10 colds a year, and adults two to five.
- Common colds and flu can be transmitted by hands and contact with commonly-touched surfaces.


