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Echinacea allergies

Funny you should ask, John, because this is what I found in a magazine I 
opened at breakfast this morning:

The reactions you may have heard of came from two allergy specialsts in 
Australia as part of a news story carried January 22 on the MSN INternet news 
network and was based on an article in the January issue of "Annals of 
Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology"   I have more detailed information if anyone 
really wants it but the basics are this: It goes without saying that anyone 
with known allergies of any kind should exercise caution when taking 
something new, possibly even undergoing sensitivity scratch tests.  There 
were only 5 people involved.  Echinacea is in the Asteracea family and anyone 
with sensitivities to this family (chamomile for instance) should be aware 
that they could also be allergic to Echinacea.  With the amount of Echinacea 
consumed in a year worldwide, this is hardly a significant problem....except 
to the few people that are affected.  There is also the possibility that 
there was a contamination issue in the echinacea product ingested which has 
not been further investigated.

<<A question for you and anyone else about Echinacea, the Herb of the Year: 
What have you heard about allergic reactions?  Apparently there've been a few 

bad ones.>>

Maureen Rogers
The Herb Growing & Marketing Network
http://www.herbnet.com and herbworld.com
PO Box 245, Silver Spring, PA 17575
717-393-3295; FAX: 717-393-9261

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