Herbal Medicine Echinacea Does Little To Prevent Colds

Stocking your medicine cabinet with Echinacea may be a waste of time, as a new study shows the herbal medicine does not help prevent colds. After exposing 48 healthy adults to a virus that causes the common cold, U.S. investigators found that people who took Echinacea were no less likely to develop colds than people who took an inactive placebo pill.

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