Talk:Echinacea

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[edit] Clinical efficacy?

Has the clinical efficacy been established or not? The reference of the sentence "However, its clinical efficacy has not been established." is from 2005; there is another meta-analysis from 2007 cited later in the text (PMID 17597571) that confirms its clinical efficacy. --Eleassar ^{my talk} 09:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] EMEA "Approval"

EMEA has not approved echinacea for the common cold. The cited work is a draft discussion by a working committee. It does not in any way imply approval. —G716 <^T·_C> 17:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, I will wait until the end of March, when the final monograph will be approved and published. But the current draft was already approved by the EMEA Commeetee for herbal medicinal products. It has a draft status only because the public consultation was not yet taken into account in this version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.2.101.10 (talk) 12:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

EMEA now published the final monograph and approved Echinacea for threatment of common cold ([1]). --Krefts (talk) 18:48, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification

"...a Swiss herbal supplement maker was erroneously told that echinacea was used for cold prevention by Native American tribes who lived in the area." What does "erroneously told" mean? Please clarify.

--24.255.222.133 (talk) 20:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

It's been clarified - the quote is now attributed to the person who claimed it, and some Native American uses from an ethnobotany source have been added. First Light (talk) 04:40, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Opinion Masquerading as Fact

"Evaluation of the literature within the field suffers generally from a lack of well-controlled trials, with many studies of low quality." Although backed many citations, it still looks like and opinion to me.

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[edit] Clinical efficacy?

[edit] EMEA "Approval"

[edit] Clarification

[edit] Opinion Masquerading as Fact

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