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Reviewer: DAWN, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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I USUSALLY TAKE THIS EVERY COLD AND FLUE SEASON SINCE I WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE CARE FIELD. I FORGOT TO ADD THIS IN JANUARY AND I GOT SICK THE END OF JANUARY AND HAD THE URI SYMPTOMS FOR OVER 2 WEEKS. I FINALLY REMEMBERED TO GO TO THE HEALTH FOOD STORE AND HAD THIS TO MY INCREASE IN VITAMIN C. WITHIN 2 DAYS OF TAKING I STARTED TO MEND FROM ALL THE DRAINED ENERGY AND COUGHING UP THICK MUCUS. I LOVE T
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Reviewer: Dano, 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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It speeds up the infection and gets microbes out of the system thorough sputum. It is different in its working opposed to Vitamin C which suppress the infection.
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Reviewer: Fit-at-52, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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I started drinking Echinacea Plus tea and was very pleased at how much it helped with my cold/sinus probelems! Having said that, I was unaware of the side effects or interactions. At first I drink 3-4 cups a day for about 5 days then just started having 1 cup in the evening as a precaution. I started sneezing my head off every evening about the same time and the roof of my mouth would itch like
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Reviewer: Aileen, 65-74 (Consumer)
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Reviewer: Healthygirl, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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I use echinasea at that first sign of a soar throat. I recently had a serviceman at my house. Immediately he started sneezing due to the cat. Buckets of liquid came out of his nose. I gave him a handful of echinacea. He came back on Monday. I said did you take allergy medicine. He said, no I am fine now because of the echinacea I had given him. This really works.
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