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Echinacea |
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Properties: |
pungent,cool, salty, dry |
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Meridians: |
LU - LI - ST |
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Latin Name: Echinacea
angustifolia, E. pallida, E. purpurea
Common Names: American
coneflower, Sampson root, black susan, Indian Head, scurvy root
There are three types of Echinacea:
Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea pallida, and
Echinacea angustifolia. Echinacea, also known as purple
coneflower, is a member of the daisy family. E. purpurea, a
native to the American Midwest, is the most widely used species
of the three, medicinally. The entire world supply is
cultivated. |
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Properties:
- clears toxic heat, reduces
infections, clears fever (shao yin stage)
- reduces infections, stimulates
immunity
- antidote for poisons (plants
and animals), reduces allergies
- promote urination and
detoxification, removes lymph stagnation, relieves eczema, stops
discharges
- Stomach Qi stagnation -
stimulates digestion, removes abdominal fullness
- promotes tissue repair,
relieves pain and swelling
Applications:
Orally, echinacea
is used for treating and preventing the common cold and other upper
respiratory infections. Echinacea is also used orally as an
immunostimulant for fighting a variety of other infections,
including urinary tract infections (UTIs), vaginal candidiasis
(yeast infections), and genital herpes (HSV Type 1 and 2). Echinacea
is also used orally for septicemia, nasopharyngeal catarrh, allergic
rhinitis, pyorrhea, tonsillitis, rheumatism, migraines,
streptococcus infections, dyspepsia, pain, dizziness, rattlesnake
bites, syphilis, typhoid, malaria, and diphtheria.
Topically,
echinacea is used for boils, abscesses, skin wounds and ulcers,
eczema, psoriasis, UV radiation skin damage, herpes simplex, bee
stings, and hemorrhoids.
Intravenously,
echinacea is used for recurrent vaginal candidiasis (yeast
infections), and urinary tract infections (UTI).
Intravenously and
intramuscularly, echinacea is used to prolong survival time in
patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal
cancer.
CAUTION
Echinacea should
not be used as a long term immunity enhancer
History
In 1880 Echinacea
was the most used remedy for infections among medics. Any case with
inflammation or toxicses, Echinacea would have been used.
Echinacea comes
from the greek word ‘Echinos’ meaning Sea Urchin
