Traditional Medicinals Organic Echinacea Plus activates and stimulates immune cells, helping you to reduce the duration of symptoms. It’s clinically tested! Organic Echinacea Plus was the subject of a double blind, placebo-controlled clinical study showing it was effective in reducing symptoms as well as shortening their duration. Echinacea Plus has a fresh and mild mint flavor with a twist of citrus. You can taste a characteristic tingle on your tongue from the alkylamides in echinacea, which is one of the important indicators of herb quality.

Recommended dose: Adults and children over 12 years: Drink 5 cups daily at the first onset of symptoms and reduce 1 cup per day for the next five days. Repeat as needed.

Directions of use: Pour 240 mL freshly boiled water over 1 tea bag and allow to steep, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes. Gently squeeze the tea bag to release the remaining extractive.

Duration of use: May be used up to 10 to 21 days.

Medicinal ingredients: Each tea bag (1.5g) contains: Organic purple coneflower herb (Echinacea purpurea) 1,065 mg*, organic purple coneflower root (6:1 extract) 37.5 mg (Echinacea purpurea) equivalent to 225 mg of purple coneflower, organic narrow-leaf echinacea herb (Echinacea angustifolia) 30 mg*.

Non-medicinal ingredients: Organic West Indian lemongrass leaf (Cymbopogon citratrus), organic spearmint leaf (Mentha spicata).

Cautions: Consult a health care practitioner before use if you have rheumatoid arthritis, an auto-immune disorder or a progressive systemic disease such as tuberculosis, leucosis, collagenosis, multiple sclerosis, AIDS or HIV infections. Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking immunosuppressants, or if symptoms persist.

Contraindications: Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Do not use if you have an allergy to Asteraceae/Compositae (the daisy family) plants.