| |
|
|
Botanical Name |
: |
Echinacea augustifolia |
English
Name |
: |
Echinacea. Black Sampson. Coneflower. Niggerhead. Rudbeckia. Brauneria pallida |
Family |
: |
Asteraceae |
| |
General Info
| Description |
 |
|
The flowers are a rich purple and the florets are seated round a high cone; seeds four-sided achenes. Root tapering cylindrical entire slightly spiral longitudinally furrowed; fracture short. fibrous; bark thin; wood thick in alternate porous. |
| Herb Effects |
|
|
Increases bodily resistance to infection, immune system stimulant (specifically for low WBC count), blood and lymphatic purifier, stimulates interferon production, anti-bacterial and anti-viral. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
|
|
Oil and resin both in wood and bark and masses of inulin, inuloid, sucrose, vulose, betaine, two phytosterols and fatty acids, oleic, cerotic, linolic and palmatic acids. |
Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
|
|
Boils, erysipelas, septicaemia, cancer, syphilis and other impurities of the blood. |
| Reference |
|
|
 Burger RA. Torres AR. Warren RP. Caldwell VD. Hughes BG. Echinacea-induced cytokine production by human macrophages. Int J Immunopharmacol1997 Jul;19(7):371-9.
|
Dealers
Products
|
|
|
|
|
Return to top