Echinaforce® Cold & Flu drops and tablets are traditional herbal medicinal products made from fresh extracts of Echinacea purpurea herb and root . It is available as drops (tincture in 15ml, 50ml & 100ml bottles) and as tablets (42 tablets & 120 tablets).
Echinacea is a plant native to America but is now cultivated extensively in Europe. The plants which go into our product are cultivated organically in Switzerland at our own herb farms.
Up to 10 species of Echinacea have been identified, but only three (E. purpurea, E. angustifolia and E. pallida) are used medicinally. Echinacea purpurea is considered to be the one which has been most widely researched and this is the species we use.
Our Echinacea is produced using extracts of freshly harvested, organically grown Echinacea purpurea herb and root, picked fresh and used within 24 hours of harvest. The benefit of using freshly harvested herbs has been demonstrated in research – extracts produced from fresh plants contain almost 3 times more active substances compared with those obtained from equivalent amounts of dried herb*.
This is why, when you need a herbal remedy to help you fight the misery of colds and flu, not all Echinaceas are the same.
*Tobler M et al: Characteristics of whole fresh plant extracts. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur GanzheitMedizin, 1994
A.Vogel Echinaforce Colds & Flu drops and tablets may be used by adults and children over the age of 12 years to fight the symptoms of colds and flu.
Directions for use:
Adults, older people and adolescents over 12 years:
Take 2 tablets two to five times daily.
Read leaflet before use.
This product is not suitable for children under 12.
Do not use if you are allergic to Echinacea, other members of the daisy (Asteraceae/ Compositae) family or any of the other ingredients.
For oral short-term use only.
See your doctor if your symptoms worsen or persist after you have taken Echinaforce for 10 days.
Keep out of the sight and reach of children.
Use within 4 months of opening.
Ingredients
Echinaforce® Cold & Flu oral drops:
One dose (20 drops) contains the tinctures of:
Fresh Echinacea herb 614 mg
(Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench) (1:12–13) Extraction solvent: Ethanol 65% V/V
Fresh Echinacea root 32 mg
(Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench) (1:11–12) Extraction solvent: Ethanol 65% V/V
1 ml of Echinaforce Cold & Flu oral drops is equivalent to 28 drops.
Echinaforce® Cold & Flu tablets:
Each tablet contains: 5.9 mg of dry extract from Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench herb (equivalent to 100-200 mg of fresh Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench herb) (Purple Coneflower herb).
Extraction solvent: Ethanol 65% V/V. And 0.3 mg of dry extract from Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench root (equivalent to 5.6-9.8 mg of fresh Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench root) (Purple Coneflower root).
Extraction solvent: Ethanol 65% V/V.
Use in pregnancy or when breastfeeding
There is no evidence to suggest that using any Echinacea product during pregnancy or breastfeeding will be harmful to the unborn or newborn child.
However, as only a few scientific studies have been done on the use of the herb during these stages of life, the UK Department of Health considers that the benefits of using Echinacea in these situations are outweighed by the risks. Hence it does not recommend using Echinacea in pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Side effects
Do not use if you are:
Allergic to products containing Echinacea
Pregnant
Breastfeeding
You should also be aware that our Echinacea drops, like all herbal tinctures, contains ethanol (alcohol). Each dose of tincture contains up to 350mg of ethanol – equivalent to 8.8ml of beer (less than a tablespoon) or 3.7ml of wine (less than a teaspoon). If you suffer from alcoholism, the alcohol content may be harmful. If you are in a high-risk group (eg. patients with liver disease or epilepsy) you should consider the alcohol content before taking this product.
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We are registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland and are on the approved Internet Supply List.
