Organic Echinacea
Get the benefits of one of the most popular herbs on the planet today - echinacea
Echinacea in both forms (echinacea purpurea and echinacea augustifolia) is an excellent boost for the immune system.
It is certainly in the top 10 of most popular herbs sold on the planet which is great news. The only sad part of this is that there is a lot of poor quality echinacea sold, which actually has very little effect.
If you are going to take echinacea at least consider taking one that is high quality and organic such as the one sold here.
The following article is reproduced with kind permission of P.Topham, U.S. Nutritional and Herbal Researcher:
Echinacea is quite simply one of the most effective of all herbs. It grows mainly in the U.S. and Southern Canada. It was regularly used by native Indians to heal wounds and snake bites.
The
plant has long been regarded as a very effective booster to the immune
system.
It can be used all year round and it is particularly effective in the colder months.
By taking echinacea regularly, or at the first signs of cold weather caused symptoms, you can reduce the chances of this discomfort. One thing that has been noticed over the years is that sometimes people don't take enough. It can be necessary to blitz whatever is wrong by taking the echinacea every couple of hours.
This seems to keep a constant flow of immune boosting ingredients circulating throughout the blood stream, seeking out and destroying harmful bacteria and virus like cells.
Echinacea increases the levels of a chemical called properdin in the body which activates part of the immune system responsible for increasing the defence mechanisms against bacteria and viruses.
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