Sorry. The only thing that saved my life was echinachea. Everyone is different. I still take it and won't stop.

I understand about echinacea. It is the same with elderberry. But like @bfones, I had to make a choice for myself. I certainly would caution anyone with an auto immune disorder, to research EVERYTHING & if you have an understanding Dr, to discuss it with them. I thankfully have a wonderful one. She left it up to me with the understanding that I could bottom out worse than I already do. Sometimes I do regardless, but most times I am again able to snail walk with my service dog while she has run time. I do it for her. I think too it gives me enough energy to do one big something here. Today it will be give her a bath, then me a shower before crash in bed. It is beyond words to express how autos change & destroy a once very active life. I never would have imagined how one day I'd be so jubilant being able to empty & load a dishwasher once a week or wash/dry a load of clothes. Forget folding & hanging the shirts. At least they are clean. I've learned to stop worrying about what others think & be thankful I can still get dressed & take my pup out. I now have a helper come twice a week to do what I no longer can, but those times I have an energy spurt, I consider carefully how to spend it. My pup comes first. She's given so much for me. I hope each of us can find something to reinflate us for a time even though we know we still slow leak a long the way. Remember to love yourself as is. There's nothing to forgive.💜🐕‍🦺