Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Hi All, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544846?src=mp Echinacea Cuts Cold Incidence, by Martha Kerr BOSTON (Reuters Health) Sept 20 - Use of echinacea, or extract of the purple coneflower, before the onset of full-blown symptoms of the common cold reduces the incidence by more than a half and the duration by almost two full days, researchers reported here at the annual meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. There are approximately one billion colds reported annually, Dr. Sachin A. Shah told meeting attendees. He commented that 20% of patients report using nutraceuticals for symptom management. Of these, echinacea is the most commonly used. Dr. Shah of the University of Connecticut, Storrs and colleagues conducted a search and ultimately a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the subject. The investigators found 14 studies that contained information on incidence in 1,356 patients and duration in 1,630 patients. The team found that echinacea use cut incidence by 58%, with an odds reduction of 0.42. Duration was shortened by 1.9 days compared with the colds of nonusers. Best regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Hi What I use and have found extremely useful at the first symptoms of wind cold , is the combination of: Vitamin C, the one in powder that is highly concentrated (small teaspoon) with half dose of baking soda (takes away the acidity of vitamin C - sometimes causes gas, then reduce dose of baking soda slightly) and a mega dose of echinacea like 30 drops. In a glass of warmluke water. Gaal < wrote: Hi All, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544846?src=mp Echinacea Cuts Cold Incidence, by Martha Kerr BOSTON (Reuters Health) Sept 20 - Use of echinacea, or extract of the purple coneflower, before the onset of full-blown symptoms of the common cold reduces the incidence by more than a half and the duration by almost two full days, researchers reported here at the annual meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. There are approximately one billion colds reported annually, Dr. Sachin A. Shah told meeting attendees. He commented that 20% of patients report using nutraceuticals for symptom management. Of these, echinacea is the most commonly used. Dr. Shah of the University of Connecticut, Storrs and colleagues conducted a search and ultimately a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the subject. The investigators found 14 studies that contained information on incidence in 1,356 patients and duration in 1,630 patients. The team found that echinacea use cut incidence by 58%, with an odds reduction of 0.42. Duration was shortened by 1.9 days compared with the colds of nonusers. Best regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 30 drops of echinacea is a " mega dose " ? and why in luke warm water? Frankly, 30 drops is, IMHO, barely a dose at all unless you were applying it externally. Thomas > > What I use and have found extremely useful at the first symptoms of wind cold , is the combination of: > > Vitamin C, the one in powder that is highly concentrated (small teaspoon) with half dose of baking soda (takes away the acidity of vitamin C - sometimes causes gas, then reduce dose of baking soda slightly) > and a mega dose of echinacea like 30 drops. > In a glass of warmluke water. > > Gaal > > > > < wrote: Hi All, > > http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544846?src=mp Echinacea Cuts > Cold Incidence, by Martha Kerr > > BOSTON (Reuters Health) Sept 20 - Use of echinacea, or extract of the > purple coneflower, before the onset of full-blown symptoms of the > common cold reduces the incidence by more than a half and the > duration by almost two full days, researchers reported here at the > annual meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. > > There are approximately one billion colds reported annually, Dr. Sachin > A. Shah told meeting attendees. He commented that 20% of patients > report using nutraceuticals for symptom management. Of these, > echinacea is the most commonly used. > > Dr. Shah of the University of Connecticut, Storrs and colleagues > conducted a search and ultimately a meta-analysis of randomized > controlled trials on the subject. The investigators found 14 studies that > contained information on incidence in 1,356 patients and duration in > 1,630 patients. > > The team found that echinacea use cut incidence by 58%, with an odds > reduction of 0.42. Duration was shortened by 1.9 days compared with > the colds of nonusers. > > Best regards, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Hi By mega dose I mean that the recomendation on bottles are genrally 10 drops. I like the Dr. Vogel product Echinacea Forte. Luke warm because because either wind cold has already invaded the patient or Wei Qi is weak and I personally consider room temperature to be " cold " And I can only tell you it works great for me personaly and for patients. And If I did use the term mega dose inaproprietly, and probably did... Sorry Gaal wrote: 30 drops of echinacea is a " mega dose " ? and why in luke warm water? Frankly, 30 drops is, IMHO, barely a dose at all unless you were applying it externally. Thomas > > What I use and have found extremely useful at the first symptoms of wind cold , is the combination of: > > Vitamin C, the one in powder that is highly concentrated (small teaspoon) with half dose of baking soda (takes away the acidity of vitamin C - sometimes causes gas, then reduce dose of baking soda slightly) > and a mega dose of echinacea like 30 drops. > In a glass of warmluke water. > > Gaal > > > > < wrote: Hi All, > > http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544846?src=mp Echinacea Cuts > Cold Incidence, by Martha Kerr > > BOSTON (Reuters Health) Sept 20 - Use of echinacea, or extract of the > purple coneflower, before the onset of full-blown symptoms of the > common cold reduces the incidence by more than a half and the > duration by almost two full days, researchers reported here at the > annual meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. > > There are approximately one billion colds reported annually, Dr. Sachin > A. Shah told meeting attendees. He commented that 20% of patients > report using nutraceuticals for symptom management. Of these, > echinacea is the most commonly used. > > Dr. Shah of the University of Connecticut, Storrs and colleagues > conducted a search and ultimately a meta-analysis of randomized > controlled trials on the subject. The investigators found 14 studies that > contained information on incidence in 1,356 patients and duration in > 1,630 patients. > > The team found that echinacea use cut incidence by 58%, with an odds > reduction of 0.42. Duration was shortened by 1.9 days compared with > the colds of nonusers. > > Best regards, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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