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UNCOLD

My cold lasted three days.

It never went below my neck. One nostril, then another and then both clearing up. No coughing.

Wow.

I credit this to a strong consitution abetted by echinacea.

I always thought that herb remedies were the bunk. And I still do.

But this is an herb with carrying power. Actually, it is one of the few that have been tested. It does work; for me. Gotta put that part in.

Somehow, it increases one's 'resistance' to the virus. Something like Tamiflu and some other compounds.

On the other hand, it might be that I just had a wimp virus and it gave up early.

I don't know

I will stick with the echinacea.

Oh. It is important ('they' say) to use the flower top in a capsule and not mess around with the higher tech concentrate. I follow directions.

Coda: Why not herbal remedies?

They are not tested. There is too much hype.

As far as I know, the only tested and, believed to be safe and effective, are echinacea for colds, saw palmetto for benign prostate problems, and hmmmmm. I forgot the other one. It is not St. John's Wort for depression.