Herbal Cold Remedy No Help To Children

Echinacea, touted as an herbal remedy for the common cold, did nothing to alleviate symptoms in children, a study said on Tuesday. "We found that there was no difference in both the length of cold symptoms and severity of cold symptoms in children who received either echinacea or placebo for their colds," said James Taylor of the University of Washington in Seattle, who led the study of 407 children.

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