Echinacea...yay or nay? 
bkrisp
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Just seeking some quick advice for a healing reaction/allergy from the Echinacea I've been taking...
On Monday I felt a sore throat coming on and wasn't having it, so I took the only Echinacea I had (Puritan's Pride w/Goldenseal). I'm aware that this is pretty low grade, but I was trying to avoid a sore throat (it would be the 3rd in 2 months).
Friday night in bed I had itchy bumps on my side and thy, thinking I had been attacked by mutant mosquitoes. When I woke up and took closer inspection, I realize this is either a healing reaction (good?) or an allergy to low quality herbs (bad...).
Would anyone suggest that I stop taking the Echinacea/Goldenseal capsules? I've been taking 6-9 a day since Monday.
The itchiness in the back of my throat is gone since Sat, but I'm not sure if this is helping my lymph system or weakening it :/.Advertisement
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Yay To Organic Echinacea...Nay To No... Willowley
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,675,123Hi bkrisp,
I haven't had a chance to welcome you to the forum so,
to the forum lol!I did a search and found the Puritan website and it looks to me like what they sell isn't organic which most likely means it's toxic. I can't say for sure that is why you have broken out but it very well could be the cause.
We get our Echinacea in tincture form from Uny or we make our own. Uny and probably everyone on the forum who makes their own use only organically grown Echinacea Angustifoila root and Echinacea Purpurea root tinctured in 100 proof vodka. The Echinacea tincture is filled with immune system building goodness, well lots of other goodnesses too! My husband and I take several droppersful every day.
Here is a post Uny made telling how she tinctures her Echinacea tincture, there are also lots of links with great info about the benefits of Echinacea. It's an herb my husband and I will take daily for the rest of our lives, I wouldn't be caught without it! EVER!!!! ;)
Oh goody *!*ECHINACEA*!* HUGE learning opportunity here! Re: Question ...
Blessings,
Willow
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- Echinacea Testimony Repost Willowley
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In case you haven't seen this post, I described how fantastic Echinacea tincture works not just as a preventive measure but also as a 'knock out the crud' measure once you feel like you're getting the 'crud' so that you DON'T get it!
Willow
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Hi Willow, thank you for the welcome smiley. You are all so sweet and supportive here and I've become such a huge fan of this forum!!!
I really appreciate you looking into Puritan's Pride quality...I kinda had a hunch of how 'unfriendly' their herbs were and was afraid to look!!
I'm saving up my dollars at the moment for an order from Uny, and I'm definitely going to pick up some echinacea tincture because I think it'll be essential while traveling in September.
Thanks for the links, I love reading through all those awesome posts. They're definitely the first stepping stone in the healing process :D
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