The name of this herb, thought by many to shorten the length of a cold, is from the Greek for "hedgehog"
It is mainly used 
today as a way to shorten the time we suffer from the common cold and flu,... [DOC] [TLE] Echinacea | University of Maryland Medical Center [PAR] Today, people use echinacea to shorten the duration of the common cold and flu, 
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