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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
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