Echinacea 

Made from organic and/or wildcrafted roots, this herb wakes up and 
fortifies your immune system.  Echinacea is the greatest for Colds,
 Flu, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, AIDS, Ebola, Infections, ETC.

 

Echinacea stimulates your body to manufacture more immune cells and more 
disease fighting immune chemicals.  A good analogy would be:  Turning on 
the key to your automobile.  It sends a jolt from your battery to crank 
over your starter motor and thusly the engine.  Once your engine has 
turned over a few times and it's running, you release the key.  You build
 immune cells and immune chemicals from a good solid nutritional food 
program, a good juice program and Total Nutritionr.  Herbs tell your body
 what it needs to do but it's great nutrition that acts as the foundation,
 and brings about healing faster and more completely.  A good general rule
 is split up your Echinacea usage into a half on -  half off regimen.  
One week on and a week off is excellent.  Two weeks on and 1 week off would
 also be good, or 3 weeks on (that would be about the limit) and 1 week off 
if you were doing a major cleansing action.  Take a break from Echinacea 
and let your body heal.  After all, you wouldn't keep turning on the 
ignition once the engine was going would you?

 

Herbs are only the tools of natural healing; the catalysts. If your 
nutritional intake is good, Echinacea will dramatically boost immunity.  
But, people like to see herbs stand alone, just like pharmaceuticals and 
they won't!  Many people don't want to hear that because they're smoking 
two packs of cigarettes a day, popping down a six-pack of Bud with a 
pepperoni pizza and they think that a few herbs may handle the negative 
effects without changing their lifestyle.  Let's get real.  

 The dosages on the label are the starting points.  I have taken two to 
eight times as much with absolutely no problems.  Don't be afraid of 
herbs, especially when on a comprehensive program.
 

Dosages

1.      Preventative Dosage:  If you are well and want to stay healthy, 
every month use 2 dropperfuls 3 times a day until you use up a 2 oz bottle.

 
2.      Nipping a Cold or Flu in the bud:  If you  are feeling a bit off, 
 about to get sick, fighting something off, double the above dosage to 2
 dropperfuls 6 times a day until you use up a bottle.

 
3.      You've already got a Cold/Flu and it hit you like a ton of bricks: 
 For sore throat, lung congestion, skin rash or your power is down blast
 1 dropperful every hour that you are awake.

 
4.      You're completely out of it:  If you are really sick, have food
 poisoning, and/or a fever, you want to do an immediate aggressive handling.
  Take one fluid oz all at once in a shot glass.  Knock it back (or 
 dilute « oz. in distilled water and 30 min. later dilute and drink 
 another « oz.) and continue with 2 dropperfuls every waking hour until 
 you use up a bottle.  Next day continue the 2 dropperfuls every waking 
 hour until another 2 oz are used up.

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