| abstract |
The present invention relates to a preparation for preventing and/or treating and/or avoiding the spreading of respiratory tract diseases which are induced by viruses and may be accompanied by bacterial infections, characterized in that said preparation comprises an extract of at least one type of Echinacea or the sub-species thereof as the active component, and that said preparation is either - present in such a form which is suited for inhalation and/or for pulmonary and/or nasal and/or buccal and/or ocular and/or parenteral, particularly intravenous or subcutaneous, administration, or - in such a form which prevents the virus from penetrating into the human and/or animal body, with the proviso that the nasal administration of said preparation in the form of nasal drops, nasal sprays, metered sprays, and nasal ointments for the treatment of viral infections of the nasopharyngeal space is excluded. |