Herbal Medicines for Colds… Do They Work?

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Herbal Medicines for Colds… Do They Work?

I've always been skeptical of herbal medicines and remedies for the cure of anything; I grew up on Tylenol and Sudafed. I recently went to China where I visited the Chinese traditional medicine hospital and store and Beijing, it all looked like an over priced scam to me, but interestingly enough the Queen of England has her on traditional Chinese holistic medicine doctor. If its good enough for the Queen of England to have her own personal holistic medicine doctor there must be something to it. Its hard to give any merit to medicines that look like they'd be something prescribed by a witchdoctor or some such thing, but supporters of herbal medicines have no problem finding doctors and experts to support the legitimacy of herbal medicines. Supporters of herbal medicine have a lot to support their claims. Herbal medicines are all natural and very affordable, most herbal medicines can even be grown in your back yard or bought at your local grocery store, they rarely have side effects, and claim that they can cure a cold before it even becomes a full fledged cold.

Many people and doctors mock supporters of herbal remedies, they're just common roots and herbs, most people who took herbal medicines had to take them on faith. Now none believers are having to swallow their words, interestingly enough the scientists who claimed the uselessness of these medicines are the same men who have now found that they truly can work. Scientists have found that Echinacea, one of the most commonly used herbal medicines, has been found to reduce the severity of colds and reduce the duration of colds by 1.4 days. It was also found that by regularly taking Echinacea the chance of actually catching a cold was reduced by 58 per cent on average and when combined with vitamin C supplements the odds of not catching a cold increased to 86 per cent. Its interesting for all the studies done and all the scientists involved in these studies doctors still don't know the full benefit or even how Echinacea and almost any other herbal remedies work.

It's clear that herbal medicines and remedies have some legitimate medical benefits, even if they aren't fully understood. There are many different types of herbal medicines, almost all of which are cheap and generally readily available. They generally have fewer side effects then manufactured medicines and have been found to work for all types of illnesses. Even though these herbal remedies have been found to be affective for most people some people grew sicker while taking herbal medicines and they should be approached with the same amount of care we approach manufactured medicines.

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