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Study: Herbal remedy echinacea fails to treat or prevent colds
Associated
Press
A federally funded study found that
subjects taking echinacea faired no better than those taking a dummy
drug when treating colds. The study was funded by the National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (a part of the federal
National Institutes of Health).
"Our study ... adds to the accumulating evidence that suggests that the burden of proof should lie with those who advocate this treatment," wrote Dr. Ronald Turner of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the study, which appeared in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
In other studies, echinacea there was a
possible benefits with subjects in the prevention of respiratory
infections.
Executive Director of the American
Botanical Council, Mark Blumenthal, noted that echinacea should not be
dismissed as a possible remedy for colds. He cites that the
extract used in this latest study was prepared in the lab and not sold
in stores. He also suggests that the herb may be more effective in
higher doses.
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