How to drink echinacea tincture correctly and who should not

Tell me how to drink echinacea tincture? In winter, I just don't get out of colds, even my usual runny nose is an almost constant phenomenon. A friend advised me to strengthen the immune system with echinacea. She says that when she takes it, she gets sick less often. So is it that I need to drink it all winter, or intermittently?

How to drink echinacea tincture

Since the tincture is made on an alcohol basis, it cannot be taken in its pure form. Echinacea should be diluted with a little water. You need to drink it three times a day, a maximum of 30 drops. The course of treatment is usually 1 month. On the recommendation of a doctor, the appointment can be extended up to 2 months in case of an exacerbation of a viral infection.

However, you cannot constantly use the tincture. This will lead to the fact that the immune system, due to regular stimulation, will not be able to "work" on its own. For prevention, it is enough to carry out up to 3 courses during the year during periods when the incidence of diseases increases (in autumn, winter and spring). For treatment, echinacea is drunk directly if there is a health problem.

Echinacea tincture can also be used externally. For compresses, it is diluted with saline (30 drops per 100 ml), and for gargling with water (2 tsp per 1 tbsp.).

Who shouldn't take echinacea

Although the tincture is a natural remedy, it is contraindicated in some categories of persons. This is primarily due to the characteristic properties echinacea, and the presence of alcohol. So, you cannot give the tincture:

• children under 7 years old;
• pregnant and lactating women;
• hypertensive patients;
• diabetics.

It is also worth giving up echinacea in the presence of diseases such as tonsillitis, atherosclerosis and oncology. In addition, the likelihood of individual intolerance to Echinacea itself as a representative of Compositae is not excluded.

Video on the use of echinacea tincture