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Healthy Hints: Echinacea
by Dr. Reuven Bruner, Ph.D
When you feel a cold, coming on, reach for echinacea. The
dried root and leaves of the purple coneflower can help
address the symptoms of the common cold, flu, sore throat,
and other simple infections. It can also help you through
times of low resistance by enhancing the immune system.
Available in tincture, capsule, tablet and extract form, we
recommend you look for combination echinacea products
(containing both augustifolia and purpurea species)
standardized to four percent echinacosides. For best
efficacy, echinacea should not be used continuously for more
than ten days. Those with autoimmune diseases should use it
with caution, and for the shortest period possible. Try one
dropperful of tincture in water four times a day, or two
capsules of freeze-dried extract four times a day. Make sure
that whatever you buy has a proper hechsher.
(C) 2005 Dr. Reuven Bruner.
Dr. Reuven Bruner, Ph.D., is a Health/Fitness/Nutrition &
Total Lifestyle Consultant, specializing in Fitness of Body &
Mind. Contact him at: POB 1903, Jerusalem, 91314, Israel;
Tel: (02) 652-7684; Mobile: 052 865-821; Fax: (02) 652-7227;
Email: dr_bruner@hotmail.com
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