==Special Precautions of Echinacea==
==The benefits of Echinacea are==
* Echinacea has been used for hundreds of years to strengthen the immune system and fight a variety of infections. Traditionally, echinacea was used to treat open wounds, diptheria, cellulitis, blood poisoning, syphilitic lesions and other bacterial-related diseases.
*Echinacea is a popular herb used to reduce the symptoms and duration of the common [[cold]].
*A study published in the Oxford University Press Journal revealed that mice who were given Echinacea on a daily basis for a period of five years indeed exhibited the ability to fight cancer, specifically leukemia.
* This potent herb possesses the ability to destroy the most virulent bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus which causes deadly [[MRSA]].
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