Echinacea is great for all kinds of ailments, but i use it with herb pharm's fungus fighter to get rid of candida once and for all. the trick that not many people know however is when using echinacea it tricks your body into thinking it's been poisoned so your immune system kicks into high gear. It works well for the first five or six days until the body figures out it hasn't been poisoned so you need to stop using it for about a week. I do one week on and one week off. It takes a long while to get rid of candida along with diet, etc. But this is the best echinacea product for the money. You use one dropperful with the dropper of fungus fighter and a little water. It takes awful so i chase it down with a glass of water. Hope this helps someone out there