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Factories float around in huge numbers, poised to deliver antibodies that can stick to an invader with virtually any shape. But how does the body make all those billions of differently shaped antibodies It turns out that there is an elegant trick for making very many different antibodies without requiring enormous quantities of genetic material to code for the proteins. Over the next few pages I ll describe the system in some detail. Again, don t be concerned if the details quickly slip your mind my purpose here is just to help you appreciate the complexity of the immune system. 

Onset of colds and flu Echinacea should be used at the very early onset of a cold or flu when you feel just the earliest hint of that tingle in the body that signals the approach of symptoms. It is at this point that echinacea is most effective, but it must be taken in large doses and frequently to be effective. When it is taken after the full onset of symptoms, I have found (in over 10 years of clinical experience) that echinacea is not effective, irrespective of its proven ability to increase white blood cell count. Usually, assertive action at this early point in infection will result in averting the full onset of either colds or flu as long as the immune system is relatively healthy. A compromised immune system will, after a while, fail to prevent disease in spite of any stimulation you give it (see contraindications, on the next page). 

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