Echinacea doesn’t work for colds

There has been conflicting data regarding the efficacy of Echinacea for the common cold. Another study came out suggesting it doesn’t work:

After exposing 48 healthy adults to a virus that causes the common cold, U.S. investigators found that people who took Echinacea were no less likely to develop colds than people who took an inactive placebo pill.

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