Word: echinacea
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...tickle at the back of my throat turned from marching ants to fire ants to bombardier beetles, I retreated from this tower. The dread of oncoming cold quickly squeezed out any scientific haughtiness I may have harbored, and I marched to CVS to buy my first bottle of Echinacea. For my entire sophomore year I supplemented my vitamin-C (a habit I could justify by appealing to the “anti-oxidant” powers of ascorbic acid) with little capsules filled with what looked like old grass clippings...
...used to have one near-mystical defense against the ever-present pathogen fog: Echinacea. I still recall the first time that I encountered the magical herb. My prefect expounded on the palliative effects of Echinacea, and suggested taking three little green meanies any time we even thought that a little tickle might be forming at the back of our throat. At the time, being of sound mind and body, I scoffed at this quaint notion. Taking herbal supplements sounded more like witchcraft than modern medicine. If this stuff did anything, I reasoned, researchers would have found out about it, analyzed...
...Echinacea purpurea, commonly called echinacea, is said to stimulate the immune system when the body first becomes inflicted with a germ...
...Some studies have shown that select herbal therapies, such as echinacea, have produced more than placebo effects, according to researchers at the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah...
...Fresh Samantha's Super Juice contains echinacea and is advertised as a drink to bolster the immune system...