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- From: dancer@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
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- Subject: Re: echinacea
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.190025.2798@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 19:00:24 -0500
- References: <92356.220917LMACC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <BSIMON.92Dec22071814@elvis.stsci.edu>
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- In article <BSIMON.92Dec22071814@elvis.stsci.edu>, bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu
- (Bernie Simon) writes:
- > Yes, I used echinacea about a year ago. I bought the tincture and used
- > it during two colds. The dose I used was 30-40 drops in a glass of
- > warm water, the dose recommended on the label. I took it 2 or 3 times
- > a day. My experience was that it provided some relief, but did not
- > eliminate the colds. In contrast, I took some homeopathic medicine for
- > a cold two months ago. It provided dramatic overnight relief and the
- > cold was gone 2 days later.
-
- Would you know the name of said remedy? Did you get it from a homeopathic
- practitioner or off the counter? The strength?
-
- Thanks in advance.
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