Echinacea

Cone-flower, Purple Cone-flower, Black Sampson

Echinacea purpurea
Witte, H., Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters,
éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, 1868

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Botanical name:
Echinacea purpurea (syn. Rudbeckia purpurea), E. pallida, E. angustifolia

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral, dry. Sweet, Pungent, numbing

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Poison:
-Colds, Flu, both to prevent and treat early stages
-acute Infection

2. Clears Heat from the Blood:
-toxic states of the Blood; Boils, Abscesses, old Sores, chronic Ulcers

3. Aphrodisiac:
-claimed to have aphrodisiac effects

4. Externally:
-powdered has long been applied to Wounds, including Septic Wounds (Native Americans)
-applied to the gums for Toothache (tincture)
-also mouth sore and ulcers and cankers sores
-applied topically to Cancers (of the Breast etc.) to remove the fetid smell and stop its growth or reduce it
-tincture is applied topically for Alopecia (Dr. Christopher)

DOSE:
Of the Powder: 500mg–3 grams
Infusion: 1–2 teaspoonfuls steeped in a cup of boiling water.
Decoction: 3–9 grams
Tincture (1:5 in 40% alcohol): 2–5mls three times daily
Of the Fluid Extract (1:1 in 45% alcohol): 0.5–1 mls; 1–5 drops regularly in acute conditions (King's); up to 60 drops has been used
Of the expressed juice (E. purpurea): 6–9mls daily.

Main Combinations:
1. Acute Cold or Flu:
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ii. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
2. Recurring Fever:
i. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
3. Bronchitis:
i. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
iii. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
iv. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
4. Sinusitis:
i. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
iii. from Wind-Cold (Cold-Damp), Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
iv. with purulent discharge, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
v. Chronic, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
5. Allergic Rhinitis:
i. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
6. Strengthen Immunity against Cold, Flu and Epidemic diseases:
i. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
7. Strengthen the Immune system in general:
i. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
8. To clear Heat and Poison from the Blood:
i. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
9. General Infections:
i. From Cold-Damp Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
ii. From Heat and Damp, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
10. Skin conditions:
i. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
iii. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
iv. skin conditions, acne etc, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
11. Boils:
i. Boils, Infection, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
iii. Echinacea and ... available in PRO version
12. Eczema and Pruritus and other skin complaints, combine with ... available in PRO version
13. Hepatitis, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
14. Urinary Tract Infections:
i. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
15. Prostatitis, Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
16. Cancer:
i. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea, ... available in PRO version
17. Tuberculosis:
i. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
ii. Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
18. Obesity, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
19. Apthous Ulcers, Echinacea with ... available in PRO version
20. Topically for Sprains, Neuralgia and Rheumatism, ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


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Cautions:
Generally Safe.
1. Some people have allergic reactions to Echinacea.

Main Preparations used:
Tincture, Fluid Extract