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The arrival of bad weather frequently brings about a company anything you want: colds and flu. In fact statistics show that in our country only produces 2.1 colds per person per year. Of course that only happens when our immune system is weakened because, as Louis Pasteur said, “The microbe is nothing. The terrain is everything!”. Hence, maintaining a strong and healthy immune system is the most effective way to prevent infection … and many other ailments And one of the most natural and effective ways of doing this is taking echinacea.

Echinacea is a plant native to the central plains of the United States that was widely used by Native Americans in very different situations. The Comanches, for example, used to relieve sore throat so as toothache. The Sioux and other tribes, in turn, used it to combat rabies and snake bites. Others, however, used it to relieve painful gums but also for treating colds and coughs, as an infusion-and antiseptic-infected wounds as a poultice.

Hence, following the arrival of settlers on their effectiveness information visit the different states and soon became one of the most prescribed herbal remedies, first in North America and in Europe-in the treatment of diverse diseases, especially those of infectious-type and in cases of poisoning. In fact, his popularity waned in the United States when the first antibiotics though not in Europe where he continued to be used as a remedy for inflammatory and infectious diseases, especially in Germany. What explains it in this country which has conducted the largest number of studies on echinacea and it was approved as medicine in 1989 to boost the immune system and fight respiratory infections and urinary tract. Read the rest of this entry »