>>>I asked Uny why she thought it was necessary to mix it with 32oz. of liquid and sip it all day and she said that when a body is compromised its probably better to sip it throughout the day because our body can only utilize so much at one time therefore sipping on it is best. <<<

'Just wanna clarify, that I don't know "for sure" how much the body can utilize at one time.  I know the way Dr. Schulze suggested to utilize Echinacea with the SuperTonic (mixed with 32oz and sipped throughout the day), and I also know there are times when he's suggested a lot more Echinacea 'at one time' than that.  I also know that I mix mine with 16oz (1/2 water 1/2 apple cider) and chug it in 3 separate "doses" (sometimes only a couple of hours apart)...and of course, Willowley takes hers all at once.  It works well for her her way, it works well for me my way, and it' obviously worked for Schulzes patients his way.

There's no doubt, with Echinacea we're NOT dealing with an herb where 'too much' is an issue (within reason,of course...as with anything else).  In fact, I recently found this:

>>>Dosage is important. One study by Braunig et al showed 180 drops of E. purpurea root tincture reduced the severity and duration of flu like infections; whereas 90 drops was no more effective than a placebo.<<< 

180 drops is six droppersful (1 1/2 teaspoons), and we don't know how many doses daily were used...but we can see that 3 droppersful were not effective.

Bottom line (particularly with Echinacea) - we HAVE to take ENOUGH!!!

'Just wanted to get that all said :)

Blessings,

Uny