Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea purpurea - The ‘E’ herb that nobody can pronounce, Echinacea is native of the prairies of America and was used by the Sioux, Comanche and Cheyenne for snake bites, sore throats and wounds. Echinacea is able to boost the body’s immune system thus allowing our body to fight acute infection as well as boosting immune response, something antibiotics are unable to do. Echinacea is effective against both bacterial and viral infections, whereas antibiotics are specific only for bacteria. By the way, it’s pronounced Ek-in-aY-sha.