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At 10:28 AM 12/14/96 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
>I have used the herb echinacea in the past to help ward off winter colds,
>etc.  When I looked at the label on the bottle this year it said echinacea
>was not recommended for people with autoimmune diseases.  I guess that
>includes celiac, too.
 
I think we have to make a distinction between our autoimmune disease and
others. Presumably we are all on the GF diet and our autoimmune problems are
under control. I suspect that warning is for most autoimmune diseases, which
are not under control, except possibly by drugs like steroids.
 
Don Wiss in Brooklyn NY.