Technorati Tags: Echinacea,Herb,Common Cold,Immune Booster,Anti-Inflammatory One of the most well known and widely used herbs is Echinacea. This medicinal plant with its prickly scales, cone flower, tall stems and pink or purple petals has been used by Native Americans for almost 500 years to treat everything from tempering a fever to disinfecting a wound. Today, Echinacea is very popular among alternative medicine doctors, naturopaths, holistic healers and even some western medical doctors. While we tend to equate Echinacea with treating a cold, this powerful herb is actually used for a variety of ailments. Here are three reasons why and...