Popular 'cold cure' herbs useless, study finds
MILLIONS swear by it, but according to a new study, the herbal remedy echinacea does nothing at all to help treat the common cold.
As part of the research, which took place in America, 399 healthy patients were given either extracts from an echinacea plant or a dummy preparation which did not contain any of the plant.
The patients were then exposed to the common cold virus and their symptoms recorded.
Scientists found patients who took an echinacea plant extract fared no better than those who took a dummy treatment.
Source - Western Mail
As part of the research, which took place in America, 399 healthy patients were given either extracts from an echinacea plant or a dummy preparation which did not contain any of the plant.
The patients were then exposed to the common cold virus and their symptoms recorded.
Scientists found patients who took an echinacea plant extract fared no better than those who took a dummy treatment.
Source - Western Mail
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