PURPLE CONEFLOWER
Name: Purple coneflower
Scientific name: Echinacea purpurea
Summary: Purple conefllower is one of the most important medicinal plant.
Description: Plant with purple flowers.
Environment and culture: North America's natuve, Echinacea is cultivate
in Europe too, now.
Used parts : Flower, root
Constituents: Alcamides, Esters, acid cafeic, polysaccharides, essential oil, echinolone, betaïne.
History: Commanche Indian used it against teeth's troubles and breast while Sioux used it against snake's bites and against fury.
Information: Because of its immune systems' stimulation on the body, it is studied within the framework of the researches on HIV and AIDS.
Manners: Used in case of chronic affections (further to a viral infection for example), chilblains, respiratory colds, flu, affections; relieve also pharyngitises.
Effects: immune's stimulant, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, detoxification, favors perspiration, healing, antiallergenic.
Warnings: Purple coneflower can provoke sicknesses with strong dose.
Preparation: Infusion, decoction, tincture, gargle on infusion's base in case of pharyngitis.
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