Echinacea https://greenmedinfo.com/category/keywords/Echinacea en Echinacea solution was more effective in decreasing the oral microbial flora of patients in the intensive care unit. https://greenmedinfo.com/article/echinacea-solution-was-more-effective-decreasing-oral-microbial-flora-patients n/a PMID:  Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2017 Nov-Dec;22(6):481-485. PMID: 29184589 Abstract Title:  Comparing the Effect of Echinacea and Chlorhexidine Mouthwash on the Microbial Flora of Intubated Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Abstract:  Background: Providing intubated patients admitted to the intensive care units with oral healthcare is one of the main tasks of nurses in order to prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP). This study aimed at comparing the effects of two mouthwash solutions (echinacea and chlorhexidine) on the oral microbial flora of patients hospitalized in the intensive care units. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 70 patients aged between18 and 65 years undergoing tracheal intubation through the mouth in three hospitals in Arak, were selected using simple random sampling and were randomly divided into two groups: the intervention group and the control group. The oral health checklist was used to collect the data (before and after the intervention). The samples were obtained from the orally intubated patients and were then cultured in selective media. Afterwards, the aerobic microbial growth was investigated in all culture media. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: The microbial flora in the echinacea group significantly decreased after the intervention (&lt;0.0001) and it was also the case withmicrobial flora of the patients in the chlorhexidine group (&lt;0.001). After 4 days, the oral microbial flora of the patients in the intervention group was lower than that of the patients in the control group (&lt;0.001). Conclusions: The results showed that the echinacea solution was more effective in decreasing the oral microbial flora of patients in the intensive care unit. Given the benefits of the components of the herb Echinacea, it can be suggested as a viable alternative to chlorhexidine. https://greenmedinfo.com/article/echinacea-solution-was-more-effective-decreasing-oral-microbial-flora-patients#comments Echinacea Pneumonia: Ventilator-associated Antimicrobial Antimicrobial Echinacea Pneumonia: Ventilator-associated Superiority of Natural Substances versus Drugs Human Study Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:53:41 +0000 greenmedinfo 162400 at https://greenmedinfo.com Not Just For Colds: Echinacea's Many Evidence-Based Uses https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/8-evidence-based-uses-echinacea <div class="copyright">This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2019<br/><strong><a href="/greenmedinfocom-re-post-guidelines">Visit our Re-post guidelines</a></strong></div><p class="rtecenter"><img alt="No Just For Colds: Echinacea's 8 Evidence-Based Uses" src="//cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/lrossi/images/Echinacea_uses_greenmedinfo.JPG" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" title="Not Just For Colds: Echinacea's Many Evidence-Based Uses" /></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px;"><em><strong>Echinacea is a popular herb to shorten the common cold and flu, as well as reduce sore throat, cough, and fever. Science backs up the power of echinacea to treat upper respiratory tract infections and much more. Here are just 8 proven health benefits of echinacea of potentially 100+ signaled in the peer-reviewed, published research</strong></em></span></p> <p>Echinacea is a little plant with big healing power. Its name comes from the Greek word for hedgehog (<em>echinos)</em><em> </em>because its prickly seed head resembles the spines of angry hedgehog.</p><p><a href="https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/8-evidence-based-uses-echinacea" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/8-evidence-based-uses-echinacea#comments Cold and Flu Echinacea Cold and Flu Cold and Flu cold cure Echinacea Echinacea for colds natural cold cure No Just For Colds: Echinacea's 8 Evidence-Based Uses what to take for a cold Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:12:20 +0000 GMI Research Group 134403 at https://greenmedinfo.com Science Shows Herbs Can Significantly Enhance Bioavailability of Nutrients https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/science-shows-herbs-can-significantly-enhance-bioavailability-nutrients <div class="copyright">This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2014<br/><strong><a href="/greenmedinfocom-re-post-guidelines">Visit our Re-post guidelines</a></strong></div><p class="rtecenter"><br /> <img alt="Science Shows Herbs Can Significantly Enhance Bioavailability of Nutrients" src="//cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/stebu/images/Bioavailable_Herbs.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 309px;" /></p> <p>Just because you consume a particular food or drink, doesn't mean all the nutrients make their way into the body, to the locations where they end up being used or stored. Sometimes they just pass right out of your gastrointestinal tract without being absorbed and other times they are broken-down immediately by the liver and excreted by the kidneys.</p> <p>Nutrients have to make it through a variety of obstacles, starting from the moment they enter your mouth to the moment they are used or stored. The bioavailability of a particular nutrient refers to the ability of the nutrient to pass through some or all of these obstacles, so that they are absorbed into your body and become available for use or storage [1].</p><p><a href="https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/science-shows-herbs-can-significantly-enhance-bioavailability-nutrients" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/science-shows-herbs-can-significantly-enhance-bioavailability-nutrients#comments Amino Acids B-Carotene Black Pepper Caraway Celiacs Disease Crohn's Disease Cumin Curcumin Diarrhea Echinacea Folic Acid Ginger Ginsenosides Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Iodine Irritable Bowel Syndrome Lysine Magnesium Manganese Methionine Piperine Potassium Rutin Selenium Silymarin Threonine Tryptophan Turmeric Vitamin A Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6 Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Zinc B-Carotene Black Pepper Caraway Celiacs Disease Crohn's Cumin CURCUMIN Diarrhea Echinacea folic acid Ginger Ginsenosides Inflammatory Bowel Disease Iodine irritable bowel syndrome Magnesium manganese Methionine Piperine potassium Rutin Selenium SILYMARIN Threonine Tryptophan Turmeric Vitamin A Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6 Vitamin C VITAMIN D VITAMIN E Vitamin K zinc Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:19:44 +0000 rohanjasani 114826 at https://greenmedinfo.com