Echinacea
Echinacea is a group of flowering plants used as a popular herbal remedy.
It’s one of the most popular herbs in America today. Native Americans use it as a medicinal plant.
Echinacea is used as a general “cure-all. It’s used to shorten the duration of the common cold and flu, reduce symptoms of a sore throat, cough, and fever. It is recommended to help boost the immune system, help the body fight infections.
Echinacea contains active substances that boost immune function, relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and have hormonal, antiviral, and antioxidant effects. Echinacea may be used to treat urinary tract infections, yeast infections, ear infections, Relieves Upper Respiratory Issues, athlete’s foot, sinusitis, hay fever, lower blood sugar levels, as well as slow-healing wounds. Recently, echinacea plants have been used as for the treatment of anxiety,
Echinacea is native to North America where they grow in prairies and open, wooded areas.
Echinacea is the name of a group of flowering plants in the daisy family. There are three species of Echinacea used in herbal supplements — Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea pallida Both the plant’s upper parts and roots are used in tablets, tinctures, extracts and teas.
Echinacea plants are loaded with plant compounds that function as antioxidants, such as caffeic acid, alkamides, phenolic acids, rosmarinic acid, polyacetylenes and many more. Alkamides can renew worn-out antioxidants and help antioxidants better reach molecules that are prone to oxidative stress.
Antioxidants are molecules that help defend your cells against oxidative stress, a state that has been linked to chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and many others.
These antioxidants appear to be higher in extracts from the fruit and flowers of the plants, compared to other parts, such as the leaves and root.
Alleviates Pain
• Pain in the bowels
• Pain associated with headaches
• Pain associated with HSV (herpes)
• Pain associated with gonorrhea
• Pain associated with measles
• Snake bites
• Sore throats
• Stomachache
• Tonsillitis
• Toothache
Some common ways to use echinacea products to combat pain is to drink herbal echinacea tea, or even make a paste out of the dried herb and rub it directly on the area that is affected.
Helps Improve Mental Health
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Social phobias
Relieves Upper Respiratory Issues
• Acute sinusitis
• All flu’s
• Asthma
• Common cold
• Croup
• Diphtheria
• Inflammation
• Strep throat
• Tuberculosis
• Whooping cough
Fights Infection and viruses
• Bloodstream infections
• Gum disease
• Malaria
• Syphilis
• Typhoid
• Urinary tract infections
• Vaginal yeast infections
• scarlet fever
• diphtheria
