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Old 27-06-2007, 08:43 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Echinacea?
In reply to Gary Woods ) who wrote this in
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"Alan Holmes" wrote:

I read somewhere that this could be used to help 'cure' colds.

AKA Purple Coneflower. Used as a tincture or a tea; supposedly
bolsters
the immune system. I consider the claims suspect; you can do as you
wish...

I am usually sceptical about homeopathic stuff like this. But echinacea
works for me, or I just don't get colds any more, coincidentally.


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