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Does Echinacea Really Help Cure a Cold?

A comprehensive study of the effect Echinacea has on treating the common cold has deemed the herb insignificant. The study followed 719 people aged 12 to 80 starting when they were in the early stages of developing a cold. The participants were randomly divided up into three groups – those taking a pill they new was Echinacea, those taking no pill and those taking a pill which could be either Echinacea or a sugar pill. The results found that cold symptoms were not reduced by taking the herb, and the duration of the cold was only seven to 10 hours less in...