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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lkvp AT floydva.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:

> Echinacea is popular among the Ozarks immigrants with whom I cavort. Steven 
> Foster, an herbalist author and friend, has written a book about its efficacy 
> for a wide range of health issues.
I've read a couple of his books.  How great to have a friend who is a 
known herbalist (and author--like yourself).

> The study, being published today in The New England Journal of 
> Medicine.........
Don't we have to consider the source? 

For our home use we choose astragalus over echinacea.  I've used both 
and felt that astragalus works better for us than echinacea but I know 
countless people, as you probably do as well, who swear by echinacea.

I personally think Big Pharma is trying to give the entire herb and 
supplement industry a run for the money--literally.  Just like they did 
a hundred years +/- ago when naturopathic schools were shut down.  I 
hope this time around that the natural health movement is too strong to 
be shut down or stopped.

Lisa
...off my soapbox and back to work....