I’ve always been quite herbal remedy sceptic. However since covid I’ve picked up every cold and chest infection going, often being ill to the point of needing to be in bed 3-4 times a winter.
In desperation, I started taking daily echinacea in November, and didn’t get ill for four months whilst taking them. I’m a teacher, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that children were coughing and spluttering all around me for weeks on end, colleagues going off sick and even in my own household whilst I (feeling slightly superhuman) got nothing.
I ran out of tablets in March and have now gone down with the early stages of a cold and nasty cough. Found a few echinacea in a drawer and literally feel like my body is battling between being ill and fighting it off depending on when I take them. I’m not fully ill like I’d normally expect after a few days.
Appreciate for the herbal sceptics this sounds like a load of crap but AIBU to wonder if there is really something in this stuff? My own anecdotal experience makes me wonder.
what are your thoughts and experiences with herbal remedies?