- cold and flus, anti inflammatory. ear infections, and yeast infections (Candida albicans).
Echinacea works as an anti-inflammatory and anti-viral by boosting the immune system and is mainly taken as a traditional remedy for colds. flu and other infections.
A clinical study of 180 male and female patients between the age of eighteen and sixty found that Echinacea had a significant effect in relieving the symptoms and duration of colds and flu like infections. It has also been used to treat ear infections and yeast infections (Candida albicans).