Echinaea is arguably one of the most popular herbs used in the treatment of cold symptoms. Zinc in the form of Zinc Gluconate, is receiving more and more attention from researchers because of its ability to shorten the duration of cold and flu symptoms.
Put these two ingredients together and you've got Nature's Own Zinchinacea Lozenges. Each cherry flavoured lozenge provides 1000mg of Echinacea extract plus over 90mg of Zinc Gluconate.
Nature's Own Zinchinacea also includes Vitamin C as well as Slippery Elm and Propolis, to soothe a sore throat and inflamed mucous membranes.
Each tablet contains
- Echinacea purpurea herb fresh 1000 mg
- Ascorbic Acid 300 mg
- Sodium Ascorbate (Ascorbic Acid 200 mg) 240 mg
- Ulmus rubra stem bark powder 25 mg
- Propolis flower bud fresh 100 mg
- Zinc Gluconate (Zinc 12 mg) 92.3 mg
Zinc Lozenges
Taking the mineral zinc almost immediately stimulates antibody and T-cell production and helps fuel circulation of the white blood cells that rid the body of cold and flu viruses. In 1984 University of Texas researchers conducted clinical studies in which people with common colds dissolved a 23-mg zinc lozenge or a matched placebo in the mouth every two wakeful hours. After seven days, 86 percent of the zinc-taking subjects were free of cold symptoms, compared to only 46 percent of the placebo-treated subjects. They concluded that zinc lozenges shortened the average duration of common colds by about a week.
"It is known that our colds are caused by many viruses, more than 200 at last count. While most of them are in the family called rhinovirus (rhino=nose!), there are several other types that cause colds. This large number of different viruses is the main reason that it has so far been impossible to develop an anti-cold vaccine, because vaccines are quite specific to the virus that causes an illness. That's the reason flu shots (but not cold shots) are fairly effective - because in each flu season, only a couple of viruses are out there causing illnesses. That's also why there may never be a generally effective cold vaccine" (John C. Godfrey, Ph.D.)
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