What’s the number one reason for prescribing antibiotics? Respiratory tract infections (RTI).
A new meta-analysis included 30 studies of 5,652 people. It found that echinacea safely and significantly reduced monthly RTIs by 32%, the number of people with more than one a month by 25%, the number of people with recurrent infections by 40% and the risk of complications by 56%.
Echinacea reduced the need for antibiotics by a significant 40%, reducing total antibiotic days by 70%.
Antibiotics (Basel). 2024 Apr;13(4):364.
