Echinacea

ByLaura Shane-McWhorter, PharmD, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
Reviewed/Revised Jan 2023
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(See also Overview of Dietary Supplements.)

Claims

Topical preparations are used to promote wound healing.

Evidence

12). However, a limitation was heterogeneity of included studies.

Adverse Effects

Drug Interactions

References

  1. 1. Karsch-Volk M, Barrett B, Kiefer D, et al: Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2) CD000530, 2014. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000530.pub3

  2. 2. David S, Cunningham RComplement Ther Med 44:18-26, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.03.011

More Information

The following English-language resource may be useful. Please note that THE MANUAL is not responsible for the content of this resource.

  1. National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: General information on the use of echinacea as a dietary supplement

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