Ode to Echinacea

In a situation where I can only drink panado and vitamins, you, Echinacea, are my new ambrosia… my new lavender.
Started with a sore throat a week ago. Henk was just getting over his cold, my mom had the flu with bronchitis, my mom-in-law had infection of her plura (? pluritis). Dad-in-law also had a cold. There was no way I wanted that nasty virus. Mostly because I didn’t want to give it to Amelia, and I just didn’t want to be ill with a new baby.

So I started putting Echinacea drops in my tea and jungle juice. My cold stayed at just a sore throat. Today I feel better than all the other days. No sore throat. I’m still dosing up on those drops though.

So thank you to the herbalist, hippies, homeopaths and Native Americans for studying and trusting and (what would eventually lead to) bottling this magic plant.