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SO WHY DON'T DOCTORS AND SURGEONS USE HERBS IN THIS WAY?
Erm... hard one, that! It's a question which used to trouble me early in my career. Are they stupid? Are they mislead? Are they pressured and too busy? Do their brains work? Are they worried about the insurance implications? Are they just control freaks? Haven't they read the "Hippocratic Oath" - which says they have to do all they can to help their patients?

I still don't really understand it. But more and more doctors are coming round to holistic thinking - slowly. The bottom line is, people who become doctors tend not to believe anything unless it's been researched into the ground. The trouble is, such methods are often not appropriate for alternative therapy.

Similarly - when these methods of testing are used - ie for drugs - the resulting substances often have terrible side-effects - which most medics call 'acceptable'. Then many of them say herbs should be tested because they are potentially so dangerous! Clearly, "double blind placebo based" or similar testing is not the ideal measure of a good - or safe - medicine.

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Article: The benefits of Echinacea

CAUTIONS
Like any herb - Echinacea angustifolia should not be over-used. Firstly, you may get too used to it, so that it does not work so effectively when you need it.

Secondly - think 'ecology'! It is already very popular, and we are running out of the plants! Echinacea angustifolia is not easy to grow commercially - so there is always the risk of it becoming an endangered species.

In any case, we do not recommend daily use of this herb throughout the year. If you need an Immune System boost all the time, alternate with other herbs - such as Garlic, Wild Indigo or Myrrh.

There have been cautions against taking Echinacea in various conditions - eg HIV/Aids. These are dismissed as mis-understandings of the effects of the polysaccharides in Echinacea, by respected herbalist and research chemist Kerry Bone in the British Journal of Phytotherapy (vol 5/1).

Of course - you can have too much of a good thing. Some herbalists say you should only use Echinacea for 2 or 3 weeks at a time, then have a rest for a week or two. We think, though, that a 3 month course of Echinacea is fine for the Immune system.

The cases of sensitivity ('allergy') to Echinacea are very few, and it has no known toxic effect - ie it seems that you cannot overdose on it.

SO - KEEP SOME ECHINACEA HANDY!

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