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Does echinacea help suppress herpes?
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No : Systemic use is believed to act like an immunostimulant for preventing and treating infection. Recent studies suggest no benefits. Barrett (2002) ann intern med 137:939-46 yale (2004) arch intern med 164:1237-41.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Has been used altern: Echinacea has been recommended by practitioners of alternative medicine as a preventive therapy for herpes simplex infection and they feel it has some antiviral properties but standard treatment is with antiviral drugs and echinacea may be used along with the standard therapy you can not use if you suffer from auto immune disease, if pregnant and on immunosuppressive therapy.
Answered 1/21/2019
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