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Re: Echinacea allergies

Dear Tom,

You are so smart! Now I need to ask you if I can put this in the
newsletter. Did you get yours yet? They've just been printed.

So I am allergic to ragweed. Should I pull out the one goldenrod plant
that I have? Should I not add echinacea to my tea when I have a cold? I
have already stopped drinking chamomile tea.

Did you apply to be a speaker at the GWAA national convention? Do they
pay expenses?

Fran

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:53:38 -0800 Tom Ogren
<tloallergyfree@earthlink.net> writes:
> Allergies to Echinacea are neither particularly common, nor 
> especially rare.
> Since Purple Coneflower is a composite and is related to ragweed,
> cross-reactive allergic reactions are to be expected (in those 
> already
> allergic to ragweed). In a similar vein, some 20% of people already 
> allergic
> to ragweed, will also test positive for allergy to goldenrod 
> (another
> composite). Goldenrod allergy is almost entirely found only among 
> those who
> have goldenrod growing in their own gardens.
> Allergic response to Chamomile is well documented and in some cases 
> a single
> cup of chamomile tea has put the drinker into serious anaphylactic 
> shock
> Allergies from Goldenrod are often misunderstood, since it has been 
> widely
> claimed and published that Goldenrod is insect-pollinated and does 
> not cause
> allergies. In fact, Goldenrod is amphipilous, pollinated by BOTH 
> insects and
> the wind.
> 
> None of this is to suggest that one ought not to grow Goldenrod or 
> drink
> chamomile tea. However, if one already is especially sensitized to 
> ragweed
> pollen, then all ragweed relatives ought to be treated with extra 
> respect
> and care.
> 
> Tom Ogren
> www.allergyfree-gardening.com
> tloallergyfree@earthlink.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <HERBWORLD@aol.com>
> To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:09 AM
> Subject: [GWL]: 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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