Getting through the winter months without at least one person in the home catching a cold or flu is almost impossible!
However, herbal medicine gives you more than a running chance. Here are A. Vogel's favourite herbs to keep you well this winter:
Echinacea
Echinacea is one of the most researched and celebrated herbs on the planet (there’s even a World Echinacea Day in November!) It not only helps our immune system fight off catching a cold or flu virus in the first place, but it helps soothe and ease symptoms if they’ve begun too.
Some of the main benefits of echinacea include:
- Treating colds, flu and upper respiratory tract infections
- Strengthening the immune system
- Increasing the body's resistance to colds and flu
- Soothing sore throats
Elderberry
Elderberry and Echinacea are often paired together because they work amazingly as a team to stop viral replication and treat symptoms of a cold or flu.
Research shows that Elderberry is antibacterial, anti-viral, and clinical trials Elderberry show it can lessen viral respiratory symptoms, as well as reduce the time spent sick.
Congestion relief
Plantain (Plantago is the latin name) has traditionally been used for relieving and soothing congestion in the ear, nose, throat. A sinus clearing nasal spray is also a must-have during cold and flu season. Sinuforce is a blocked nose remedy that’s effective for the relief of nasal congestion and catarrh.
Cough remedies
Treating a chesty cough is all about lifting the stuck mucus and getting all the “muck” out! Bronchoforce for chesty coughs is a wonderful cough remedy that contains zero nasty ingredients and no sugar either! For a tickly, dry cough Bronchosan soothes and eases with lovely honey and pine shoots.
