Echinacea stimulates your body to manufacture more immune cells and more disease fighting bio-chemicals. The action of Echinacea is similar to turning your car key; it sends a jolt from the battery to crank over your starter motor and engine. Once your engine has turned over a few times and it’s running, you release the key. After all, you wouldn’t keep turning the ignition key once the engine has started, would you? So a good general rule is to take a break from your Echinacea. A week on and a week off is the best way to go unless you are also cleansing. Two weeks on and 1 week off would also be good, or 3 weeks on (that would be about the maximum) and 1 week off IF you are doing a major cleansing program. This “time-on” and “time-off” from Echinacea will stimulate your body to heal. Additionally, you need a good, solid nutritional food program which should include my Total Nutrition® formula. The beneficial properties in herbs can tell your body what it needs to do but it’s great nutrition that acts as the foundation and brings about a faster, complete healing.
Herbs like Echinacea are tools that help absorption and workability. If your nutritional intake is good, Echinacea will dramatically boost your immune system. Remember that a good Echinacea tincture will numb your mouth and make the saliva in your mouth start flowing like mad! If it doesn’t do this, your Echinacea is most likely just water and alcohol with a very small amount and low grade Echinacea in it. The Echinacea from Organic Solutions is the ultimate in quality!
