Update: October 2018
Echinacea purpurea is a perennial from the Asteraceae family. Echinacea purpurea has numerous medicinal properties, and beneficial substances are found in all parts of the plant - stems, flowers, leaves and rhizomes with roots.
The historical homeland is Atlantic North America, where the plant actively inhabited the banks of rivers and was called "deer root". The indigenous inhabitants of the continent used this culture for a very long time, but with the advent of antibiotics, its use has been greatly reduced. To date, echinacea is cultivated in Russia, France, Germany, Ukraine and other CIS countries. The plant is light-loving, winter-hardy, actively populates moist fertile soils. Practically does not need care: loves the sun, light soil and plentiful watering.
It is not only a valuable medicinal plant, but also a good honey plant. Pink-purple inflorescences during the entire flowering period are actively visited by bees. From the collected nectar, bees make high-quality echinacea honey, which has excellent taste and healing properties.
What echinacea treats, and in what cases it is advisable to take plant preparations, we will consider in this article.
Morphological description
The height of the plant reaches 80–120 cm. The stems are straight or slightly branched, covered with bristly hairs. The many-headed rhizome is highly branched, numerous roots penetrate deep into the soil; on the cut have a strongly burning taste.
Leaves are divided into two types: stem and basal:
- Stem leaves are lanceolate, narrowed towards the petiole, juicy green in color, rough to the touch. Arranged alternately on the stem.
- Basal leaves are slightly serrated, located on long petioles collected in rosettes. In shape, they resemble a wide oval, sharply narrowed towards the petiole.
Blooms at 2 years old. The beginning of flowering falls in late May - early July, the duration of this period is up to 75 days. The inflorescences are purple-violet, rather large baskets and resemble chamomile in shape. The size of the baskets is 10-12 cm. The core consists of tubular reddish or brown flowers and protrudes dome-shaped above the inflorescence. Reed flowers are pointed at the ends, have an underdeveloped pistil; and bisexual tubular are distinguished by a reddish-brown color.
Well propagated by seeds, grown through seedlings. Can be propagated by division of the rhizome. Only tubular flowers bear fruit. The fruit is a tetrahedral, oblong brown achenes, 5–6 mm long, with a small tuft.
Stories and Applications
Echinacea was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his botanical writings. Since the 70s of the XX century, it began to be grown as a horticultural crop, several varieties were bred.
The Soviet scientist S. A. Tomilin studied this plant in great detail and recommended echinacea preparations for tonsillitis, tonsillitis, depression, overwork (mental and physical), parametritis, inflammatory processes in internal organs, infectious diseases of acute and chronic course(typhoid fever, erysipelas, diphtheria, osteomyelitis, cerebral meningitis), as well as for the treatment of wounds, burns, ulcers. His work greatly contributed to the introduction of the plant into folk medicine and homeopathy.
V traditional medicine the plant was used to a greater extent for the treatment of various infections and wounds.
Some varieties of plants, including purple, are grown by gardeners for decorative purposes, decorate flower beds and front gardens. It blooms beautifully and for a long time, and they look very aesthetically pleasing, and they stand in a vase for a long time after cutting.
Collection and preparation, cultivation
- flower baskets are cut from the stems in July-August;
- grass - at the very beginning of flowering;
- roots with rhizomes, which are at least 4 years old - in late autumn.
The roots are washed and dried in the shade. Grass and inflorescences are also dried in the air, in a well-ventilated place, in the shade.
Shelf life of grass is 6 months, inflorescences - 1 year, roots - 2 years.
Seeds of this useful plant can be purchased in the gardening section of the store. They will have to germinate for a long time, more than a month, so they should be planted in February (they love heat and moisture). Seedlings are planted in the ground at the end of May, in light, fertilized soil, choosing a well-lit place. Flowering bushes begin at 2 years.
A simpler way is to divide the root. This can be done in spring or autumn by planting part of the root shoot deep into the hole.
Chemical composition and medicinal properties
As part of the plant - a whole storehouse useful substances which have a complex therapeutic effect:
- potassium is involved in maintaining the water-salt balance, which is important for the normal function of the heart;
- calcium prevents the accumulation of bad cholesterol and strengthens bone tissue;
- iron is part of hemoglobin and is involved in the transport of oxygen in the blood;
- selenium, being powerful antioxidant, protects organs and systems from the action of free radicals and prevents the development of oncopathology;
- silicon strengthens blood vessels, participates in the formation of cartilaginous and connective tissues;
- cobalt is involved in metabolism and hematopoiesis;
- zinc has a positive effect on the condition of hair, skin and nails;
- manganese helps the central nervous system and thyroid gland;
- vitamin A and carotene are involved in the implementation of the function of vision; vit. A is a powerful antioxidant;
- vitamin C strengthens the walls of blood vessels, improves immunity and has an anti-inflammatory effect;
- vitamin E - another antioxidant that strengthens the immune system;
- phenolcarboxylic acids have pronounced immunostimulating, antiseptic and diuretic properties;
- polysaccharides are involved in the production of interferons, which are directly involved in the implementation of antiviral immunity. Accelerate the recovery of damaged tissues;
- flavonoids improve antiviral protection, help fight carcinogens, allergens, increase vascular permeability and have an antispasmodic effect;
- polyenes have an antifungal effect;
- tannins have anticarcinogenic and anti-inflammatory effect;
- inulin renders beneficial effect on bowel function, helps in the fight against diabetes;
- betaine is a substance that is one of the factors in the prevention of stroke and heart attack;
- synarin increases resistance to diseases of an infectious and viral nature, accelerates the recovery of patients with acute respiratory viral infections.
Essential oil, which is found in all parts of the plant (in flowers - up to 0.5%, in grass - up to 0.35%, in roots 0.05-0.25%) is rich in non-cyclic sesquiterpenes with fungicidal, bactericidal activity. The plant also contains resins (about 2%), organic acids (linoleic, palmitic, cerotinic), fats, silicates, phosphates, chlorides, fiber, which play a role in the positive complex action.
According to studies, taking drugs based on echinacea purpurea increases the number of leukocytes in the blood by an average of 50% and enhances activity protective properties liver.
Thus, the herb echinacea has the following medicinal properties: immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, anticarcinogenic, antiallergic, antispasmodic, rejuvenating, hepatoprotective. Plant preparations are highly active against staphylococcus, streptococcus, E. coli, influenza viruses, herpes.
Mechanism of action
The plant is distinguished by the most complex chemical composition - in the complex, all useful substances have a pronounced immunostimulating effect:
- increase the phagocytic activity of macrophages;
- stimulate chemotaxis;
- promote the release of cytokines.
At course treatment there is an increase in nonspecific immune response and resistance to action adverse factors.
Echinacea
In terms of usefulness, echinacea purple is often compared with ginseng - the famous "root of life" and is called no less majestically - a plant from a thousand diseases. Also, a beautiful plant is called the "blood cleaner".
The plant is used in more than 240 preparations, including patented remedies for the treatment of AIDS.
Plant monopreparations are used in a variety of conditions:
- mental and physical overwork;
- mental depression;
- infectious diseases: scarlet fever, erysipelas, gonorrhea, osteomyelitis, tonsillitis, tonsillitis, cerebrospinal meningitis, septic conditions;
- respiratory and viral diseases: SARS, herpes, influenza, viral rhinitis(treatment and prevention);
- inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, polyarthritis, hepatitis, nephritis, cystitis, adnexitis, prostatitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, cervical erosion;
- diseases associated with metabolic disorders: diabetes mellitus, obesity, liver disease (as a drug to improve the state of immunity);
- leukopenia caused by radiation or treatment with cystostatics;
- potency disorders;
- male and female infertility (in complex treatment);
- in the complex treatment of alcoholism and smoking;
- condition after surgery long-term treatment antibiotics, chemotherapy;
- pain syndrome: headache and joint pain;
- skin lesions: eczema, psoriasis, burns, frostbite, trophic ulcers, purulent deep wounds, carbuncles, abscesses, insect bites.
It is used for prophylactic purposes with early signs of colds, with prolonged antibiotic therapy, to improve the health of people who have undergone the effects of radiation or living in areas unfavorable in terms of radiation levels.
Echinacea has been reported to cure patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus, although autoimmune diseases are a contraindication to treatment.
Doctors advise using plant preparations at the first sign of a cold or flu in parallel with the main treatment: the plant can increase efficiency by 20-40%. traditional methods therapy.
Scientific Research on Echinacea
From the beginning of its use by folk healers, the plant was also of interest to official medicine. Scientific research properties and possibilities of echinacea have been and are being carried out in many countries so far. Let's take a look at some of them.
- In 2001, domestic scientists conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effectiveness of plant preparations in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory viral infections. The study involved 80 people, each of whom had early symptoms of SARS. The patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 received Echinacea purpurea, group 2 - placebo. According to the results of observation, the average duration of the disease in the 1st group was 6 days, in the second - This led to the conclusion that plant preparations can reduce the duration viral infections.
- Parallel Conducted Double blind study was aimed at studying the effect of plant preparations on the severity and frequency of colds and flu in people with increased susceptibility. The trial involved 108 patients: half of them received 2-4 ml of echinacea juice per day, and the second group received a placebo. Patients who received the juice of the plant fell ill less often, and the periods between illnesses became longer, the symptoms were less severe. Thus, the feasibility of using echinacea in patients with a reduced immune response has been proven.
- Another study only confirmed the effectiveness of plant preparations in the treatment of viral infections of the upper respiratory tract. In this scientific work took part 282 healthy person 18-65 years old, who previously had colds 2 or more times a year. At the first signs of colds, half of the sick patients received echinacea extract: 10 doses at the most early symptoms diseases, and 4 doses over the next 7 days. Patients were examined on the 3rd and 8th day of illness.
During the observation period, 128 people fell ill: 59 of them received echinacea extract, and 69 received placebo. In patients taking the extract, the symptoms of the disease were 23.1% weaker.
- The results of a study by scientists from the Canadian University McGill, conducted on mice, suggested that plant preparations can extend the life of patients suffering from leukemia. Significant genetic similarity allows extrapolation of the results of the study to humans, but more testing is needed.
The study was conducted on mice with leukemia. After 13 months of using echinacea preparations, 74% of mice from the experimental group remained alive, while the survival rate of animals that did not receive the drug was only 46%. An increase in the number of natural killer cells in the spleen has also been noted and bone tissue mice treated with the plant preparation. Based on this, scientists concluded that the use of plant preparations is useful in preventive purposes- to increase the quantity immune cells, which play a key role in protecting against cancer, the risk of which increases with age.
- Echinacea can be used as an adjuvant in the treatment of cancer. The study involved 55 patients after a course of radiotherapy: 85% had a stable number of leukocytes. In patients who did not take the plant preparation, a steady decrease in the number of leukocytes was noted.
- The anti-inflammatory properties of the plant allow it to be used as an adjuvant in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. One recent study showed that 15 drops of the plant extract, taken three times a day, can reduce the severity of inflammatory response by 20-25%.
Plant preparations increase natural defensive forces organism, have a stimulating effect on the immune system. Moreover, the positive effects "work" not only in adults, but also in children with an unformed immune system, and in the elderly, whose protective functions of the body are reduced due to the general aging of the body.
Traditional medicine recipes
It should be understood that echinacea and its products cannot be considered as monopreparations, but only as an addition to the main treatment.
Echinacea All Purpose Alcohol Tincture
It can be used for all the pathologies listed above, with the exception of alcoholism, since it contains alcohol.
Raw crushed root or fresh flowers pour 70% alcohol 1: 4 and insist in a dark place for 1 month or more. Take half or a whole teaspoon 3 times a day for 10 days in a row.
The same tincture can be applied externally (half diluted with chilled boiled water), for the treatment of wounds, carbuncles, abscesses and healing burns (treatment, wet compresses). It also helps with herpes (cauterization of herpetic eruptions 3-5 times a day).
The second recipe for vodka tincture
Helps with the onset of SARS, is used to prevent viral infections.
Take echinacea flowers, place them in a half-liter jar so that the volume is filled to the top, pour quality vodka and close the lid tightly. Insist in a dark place for 40 days. Then drain and strain the drug. Take 15 drops half an hour before meals, diluted in a small amount of water or adding tincture to tea, 3 times a day.
Raw root tincture
Take 1 part of raw roots and pour them with 5 parts of vodka, insist in a dark place for 30 days. Take 15-20 drops, diluted in water, 3 times a day.
Tea
Helps with flu, colds, inflammatory processes, after suffering serious illnesses, operations, after treatment with antibiotics, with alcoholism. It can also be used for eczema, ulcers and boils.
Take 3 pcs. fresh echinacea flowers or dry raw materials from crushed roots and leaves (2 tsp), pour half a liter of boiling water and leave for 40 minutes. For the prevention of diseases, it is enough to take 1 glass per day, and for treatment - 3 glasses per day. This tea rejuvenates the body, slows down the aging process.
Echinacea decoction
Recommended for flu and colds, coughs, edema, stomach ulcers, headaches, joint pains. It also improves vision, stimulates appetite, normalizes blood pressure, is characterized by tonic and restorative action. At streptococcal infections skin, psoriasis and snake bites from a decoction make local lotions on damaged skin.
Take 1 tsp. fresh or dry echinacea leaves, pour 200 ml of water, heat in a water bath for half an hour, and then insist, strain. Take a third of a glass 3 times a day, before meals.
Infusion
Take 30 gr. fresh or dried flowers, place in an enamel saucepan, pour 500 ml of boiling water, close the lid and boil for 10 minutes. Insist in heat for 4-5 hours, strain and add syrup, sugar, honey or juice to taste. Drink half a glass 3 times a day.
Juice of fresh flowers
It helps speed up the healing process of wounds, treats acne, abscesses, warts, and with prolonged use eliminates age spots and freckles. Effective in the treatment of SARS.
To obtain it, the inflorescences are crushed and juice is squeezed out of the gruel. Apply undiluted 3-5 ml per day. before meals. Outwardly - treat the affected areas of the skin 3-4 times a day.
Oil extract from the roots of the plant
Helps in the treatment of peptic ulcer, gastritis. Lotions with the drug are used in the treatment of burns, bedsores. Tampons moistened with healthy oil helps in the treatment of cervical erosion (introduced at night).
Take 1 cup unrefined olive oil and 50 gr. crushed roots, insist for 1 month. Take orally 1 tsp. 60 minutes before meals twice a day.
Remedy for headaches, high blood pressure and nervous strain
Take the dry parts of the plant and grind them to a powder. Mix 100 gr of powder with 300 gr. honey and mix thoroughly. Take 3 times a day, with tea, 1 tbsp.
Echinacea for children
Herbalists and folk healers recommend the use of plant preparations in pediatrics, starting from 1 year. Representatives of official medicine are somewhat more reserved about such conclusions and advise not to use echinacea preparations earlier than 3 years. Preferred dosage forms are syrup, tea, decoction. Alcohol tincture can be used for children under 12 only externally, for processing acne, skin damage.
Echinacea preparations are recommended for children primarily for strengthening immune protection and strengthening resistance to infectious agents that children constantly encounter in kindergarten and school. Also used in complex therapy viral and bacterial infections respiratory organs, ENT organs, oral cavity, skin and genitourinary tract.
Echinacea Pharmaceuticals
The plant is part of many drugs and dietary supplements. Let's take a closer look at the most popular ones.
Echinacea lozenges
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Echinacea Forte oral solution
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Echinacea purpurea tincture
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Echinacea herbContraindications for use and restrictions
- Individual intolerance;
- Allergic reactions to any member of the family (especially for children);
- HIV and AIDS;
- Leukemia;
- Tuberculosis;
- Atherosclerosis;
- autoimmune diseases;
- Children's age up to 2 years (for drugs on alcohol - up to 12 years).
Care should be taken with this treatment persons prone to allergy, patients with allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma.
Do not use echinacea in conjunction with immunosuppressants, glucocorticosteroids and cytokines.
Side effects
Side effects develop extremely rarely and may be as follows:
- weakness, feeling tired;
- drowsiness;
- headache and dizziness;
- nausea;
- body aches;
- dyspeptic phenomena;
- pain and sore throat.
In patients with hypersensitivity to the components of the drugs, swelling, redness on the skin, itching, shortness of breath, rash, sharp deterioration well-being - these are possible allergic reactions, if ignored, anaphylactic shock may develop!
In the event of any adverse reactions during treatment, you should immediately stop taking the drug and consult a doctor for advice on the advisability of continuing therapy.
The herb Echinacea purpurea belongs to the aster family, the instructions for use of the drug indicate that the plant has an antimicrobial effect, helps the rapid healing of wounds, improves blood composition, strengthens bones, improves immunity, cleanses the human circulatory and lymphatic systems. The healing properties of echinacea were known to the ancient Indians. They used the herb for many ailments, from the common cold to the bite of poisonous insects.
What is Echinacea purpurea
The herbaceous perennial plant Echinacea purpurea (purple cone, prairie flower) contains many nutrients that are beneficial to humans. The name of the plant in Latin is echinacea purpurea. The flower has an antiviral, antibacterial, antimicrobial effect, so it is often used in pharmacology and traditional medicine.
Morphological description: purple echinacea plant has a short multi-headed rhizome, branched straight stems up to 120 cm high. Green leaves are rough and oval, arranged in the next order. Inflorescences - single large baskets of purple color. As a rule, echinacea blooms from July to mid-autumn. For medicinal raw materials, all parts of the flower are used - the stem, root, inflorescences, leaves. Echinacea purpurea herb can be stored for no more than 6 months.
Compound
Healing properties in purple echinacea have stems, flowers, leaf juice, seeds, rhizomes. The plant contains essential oils, vitamins, polysaccharides, tannins, resins, organic acids, glycosides, alkaloids. There are flavonoids, enzymes, inulin, phosphates, fiber, saponins, phytosterols in echinacea. The plant contains phenolic acids and polyenes - substances that destroy different types fungi. Chemical composition purple echinacea:
- calcium;
- potassium;
- selenium;
- iron;
- silicon;
- cobalt;
- zinc;
- manganese;
- carotene;
- vitamins E, C, A.
Medicinal properties
The herb echinacea has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. The plant stimulates chemotaxis, promotes the release of cytokines, increases the phagocytic activity of macrophages. With course therapy, there is an increase in immunity and resistance to the effects of adverse factors. Preparations, including purple echinacea, have high activity against streptococcus, herpes viruses, staphylococcus, E. coli. In addition, the plant has the following properties:
- anticarcinogenic;
- antiviral;
- hemostatic;
- immunomodulatory;
- antitumor;
- antispasmodic;
- hepatoprotective;
- antiallergic;
- healing;
- antifungal;
- antioxidant;
- rejuvenating.
Application
Purple echinacea products are often used to treat burns. In addition, they are able to accelerate the healing of purulent wounds, skin rashes, eczema, remove pain, protect the body from viruses and bacteria. The plant has a depressing effect on streptococci, Escherichia coli. Purple Echinacea is one of the most powerful herbal immune stimulants that helps to deal with various diseases. In folk medicine, the flower is used for:
- pneumonia, bronchitis;
- diseases Bladder and liver;
- poliomyelitis;
- smallpox;
- diseases of the female reproductive system;
- blood poisoning;
- diabetes;
- oncological diseases;
- impact heavy metals and fungicides.
Benefits of Echinacea
Prairie flower or Echinacea purpurea is considered one of the popular medicinal plants in the world. Many healers are sure that it surpasses ginseng in its medicinal properties and can cure many diseases. The main advantage of echinacea is that preparations based on it have a beneficial effect on the immune system, strengthening the body's defenses. This is due to the fact that the grass in its composition has a huge amount active substances, trace elements, essential oils. In addition, echinacea contains polysaccharides, tannins, glucose and more.
With a cold
A natural antibiotic and antiseptic, the herb echinacea is often used during an exacerbation of seasonal diseases. Even if a person is already sick, you can drink a herbal tincture at the very beginning of the development of the disease so that the disease goes easier. Echinacea purpurea for colds antimicrobial action, reduces the temperature, does not allow viruses to multiply. To quickly pass the symptoms of the disease, you should make tea: 1 tsp. dry chopped grass must be poured with 0.5 liters of boiling water and infused for about 40 minutes. It is necessary to take an infusion with echinacea 3 times a day, 250 ml each.
For kids
Doctors often advise parents to try purple echinacea to reduce the duration, severity, and frequency of flu, colds, ear infections, and the common cold. Only a pediatrician can determine the dosage, you can not self-medicate. Medicine even in a harmless form (tea or decoction) can harm the baby, so you should not give it without consulting a specialist. As a general rule, echinacea syrup is best for children. accept this remedy according to this scheme:
- children at 2 years old, 1 tsp. 250 ml of water twice a day;
- babies from 3 to 5 years old - 2 teaspoons of echinacea per glass, also 2 times a day;
- from 5 to 12 years - a tablespoon 2 times a day (you can not dilute with water).
For face
Echinacea extract slows down the aging process, promotes tissue repair, protects against dehydration and flaking. The plant is often used in cosmetology. It effectively protects the skin from pathogenic microbes. In addition, plant-based products are hypoallergenic. Tincture of purple echinacea in the form of compresses and lotions is used for eczema, psoriasis, boils, acne, abscesses, abscesses, burns, warts. To remove freckles, age spots, with insect bites, decoctions from the plant are used.
echinacea and blood pressure
The natural medicinal plant Echinacea is known for its ability to increase arterial pressure(BP) hypotensive patients. It is undesirable to use a remedy containing a plant for hypertensive patients, because. in this case, it will raise blood pressure even more. With low blood pressure, purple echinacea increases vitality, and with high blood pressure, taking the medicine will only aggravate the condition and increase the pressure to critical numbers.
What does echinacea treat?
Immunostimulating agent - tincture of echinacea purpurea has a positive effect on mental condition and nervous system person. The drug is effective against mental disorder, depression, fatigue. Echinacea is often used in the treatment of colds, liver diseases and such diseases:
- diabetes;
- flu;
- prostatitis;
- urological ailments in men (vesiculitis, prostate adenoma);
- angina;
- bladder infections;
- hematological diseases;
- poisoning varying degrees gravity;
- hepatitis;
- infectious diseases respiratory tract;
- indigestion, inflammation of the stomach;
- arthrosis, arthritis;
- infectious and inflammatory diseases of the kidneys;
- stomatitis;
- inflammation of the appendages, ovaries;
- diphtheria, coccal infection;
- herpes;
- oncological diseases;
- eczema, psoriasis.
Echinacea preparations
Echinacea-based drugs have been widely used in medicine. The plant is often part of the biological active additives. Products that include a purple cone are sold in pharmacies in various forms - capsules, alcohol tincture, dried flowers, drops, teas, tablets, lozenges, powders. The most popular echinacea medications are:
- Immunal. Means plant origin. Prescribe a medicine to prevent colds, strengthen immunity and how aid with prolonged use of antibiotics. Children (from 12 years of age) and adults can take Immunal in 2.5 ml of solution or 1 tablet 3 times a day. When using the medicine, you may experience adverse reactions: skin rash, shortness of breath, itching.
- Estifan. The drug has anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory effects. The drug is prescribed as an adjuvant for prolonged antibiotic therapy. The dose and duration of use should be determined by a specialist. Rarely, when taking Estifan, you may experience: vomiting, nausea, insomnia.
Instructions for use of Echinacea purpurea
Such a popular immunomodulator as purple echinacea has different forms release: tablets, ampoules, tincture, drops, lozenges, capsules, solution. Regardless of the type of drug, the plant effectively improves human immunity, helps with physical fatigue of a person, with reduced muscle tone. Echinacea increases the body's defenses, it effectively fights radiation, radiation sickness. Instructions for the use of the drug depends on the form of release, the age of the patient and the duration of the disease.
Tincture
A drug based on echinacea roots in the form of a tincture or solution has positive impact on the central nervous system, reduces the reproduction of pathogenic microbes, increases the number of leukocytes in the blood. Reception of echinacea tincture eliminates the spread of inflammation in acute and chronic diseases kidneys, reduces the likelihood of contracting viral infections in autumn and winter. The total duration of treatment is prescribed by the doctor. Take the tincture as follows:
- for an adult, the first three days the dose of the medicine should be no more than 30 drops, once 30 minutes before meals;
- Further daily dose it is necessary to increase to 60 drops, divided into 3 doses;
- children over 12 years old should take a tincture diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2 - 10 drops 3 times a day;
- for external use, 15 ml of tincture should be diluted with 100 ml of saline.
Decoction
With insomnia and the flu virus, to improve appetite, normalize pressure, it is recommended to use a decoction of echinacea. To prepare it, you need to take a teaspoon of fresh or dried leaves, chop and brew with a glass hot water. Next, the mixture should be put in a water bath and boiled for 20 minutes, strain, leave for about an hour and drink 3 times a day before meals. This composition improves appetite, cures headaches, stomach ulcers, normalizes sleep and pressure.
Echinacea oil
The medicinal plant in the form of oil is effective for infected wounds, carbuncles, burns, abscesses, trophic ulcers, severe bedsores, cervical erosion. Use the drug to care for dry skin. In addition, purple echinacea oil smoothes stretch marks, wrinkles, and old scars. Method of application inside: twice a day, a teaspoon half an hour before meals. The course of admission is one week, then you need to take a break for 14 days. Warm echinacea oil can be applied externally by rubbing it into the problem area.
Echinacea purpurea - medicinal properties, uses, recipes
Other names: Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea herb, Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpurea, Rudbeckia purpurea.
Echinacea purpurea is a perennial plant native to North America, with beautiful purple inflorescences. Echinacea has a specific taste and smell. Cultivated in Ukraine as a medicinal and ornamental plant.
For therapeutic purposes, the roots and flowers of the plant are mainly used, preferably fresh, as well as leaves.
Echinacea roots contain: essential oil (up to 1.4%), resins, phytosterols, echinacin, echinacoside, polysaccharides, in flowers - 0.13-0.48% essential oil. It has been experimentally established that echinacea tincture is non-toxic.
Echinacea purpurea has a bacteriostatic, fungicidal, virusostatic and anti-inflammatory effect, inhibits the formation of hyaluronidase, enhances deicopoiesis, is a strong activator of macrophages, granulocytes and lymphocytes (especially T-lymphocytes), increasing the body's defenses, immunity and thus refers to plant stimulants or modulators immune system.
It also gently stimulates the adrenal cortex, increasing the production of hormones that have a certain anti-allergic and anti-rheumatic effect.
Juice from fresh inflorescences causes an acceleration of blood clotting, and when topical application- acceleration of wound healing.
Echinacea is popular in many countries: in the FRG, France, the USA, etc. In the FRG, the drug echinacin has been obtained for oral administration and in ampoules. The German physician Madaus (1938) recommended echinacea for angina, tonsillitis, chronic sepsis, parametritis, and various inflammatory diseases of the internal organs.
The first researcher and popularizer of echinacea in Russia was Professor S. A. Tomilin, who considered it a powerful stimulant of the central nervous system, a biostimulant and a wonderful therapeutic agent, like ginseng.
It was found that echinacea tincture has the property of enhancing sexual potency, and has a good wound healing effect on wounds and burns.
Alcohol tincture of echinacea: Berm raw crushed root or flowers, pour 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1:4 and leave for 1 month or more. Take 0.5-1 teaspoon 3 times a day, and this tincture can also be used externally, for wet compresses for wounds and burns.
There is another recipe alcohol infusion ki echinacea, using flowers: cut the flowers of echinacea purpurea, place in a half-liter jar, with a twist, to the top and pour good vodka, also to the top. Close the lid tightly and set aside to infuse in a dark place for 40 days. Then drain everything and you can use it, 15 drops, 20-30 minutes before meals, diluted in a small amount of water or added to tea.
Echinacea is used for mental depression, phenomena of mental and physical overwork, as well as for infectious diseases: typhoid fever, erysipelas, scarlet fever, gonorrhea, osteomyelitis, cerebrospinal meningitis, lupus, and septic conditions. There are known cases of treatment with echinacea in patients suffering from the discoid form of lupus erythematosus (cutaneous form).
Echinacea tincture is effective for the treatment, and especially prevention, of respiratory and viral diseases (influenza, herpes simplex, SARS, etc.), with many chronic autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, nephritis, etc.), with adnexitis, cystitis, prostatitis , leukopenia caused by radiation or cystostatics, septic processes, eczema, psoriasis, burns, frostbite, trophic ulcers, purulent deep wounds, carbuncles, and also has a certain effect in oncoprocesses.
In some patients chronic gastritis, pancreatitis, psoriasis and allergic rashes on the skin and mucous membranes, a positive effect of raw echinacea root tincture was noted.
It has also been found that a tincture of fresh echinacea flowers acts like a tincture of echinacea root.
Echinacea infusion: 1 tbsp. pour a spoonful of dry chopped raw materials (herbs) with 1 cup of boiling water, boil in a water bath for 10-15 minutes. Let stand until cool, then strain. Use 1/3 cup 3 times a day, see application above.
Echinacea root decoction: 1 tbsp. pour a spoonful of dry crushed root into 300 ml. water, boil in a water bath for 30 minutes, insist until cool and strain. Take 1-2 tbsp. spoons 3-4 times a day before meals for acute infectious diseases, chronic fatigue, influenza, etc.
Echinacea root extract: pour crushed fresh root with 95% medical alcohol so that it slightly covers it, leave for 2 weeks. Then strain and squeeze out the rest. Take an alcohol infusion of 25-30 drops 3 times a day half an hour before meals with water, as an immunostimulating agent, in case of overwork, flu (prevention, treatment), etc. Store in the refrigerator, shelf life is 2-3 years.
Echinacea contraindications. In some people, this plant causes allergies, you should not use it for pregnant and lactating women, with leukemia, progressive tuberculosis, collagenosis, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, individual intolerance.
But, as practice shows, the doctor decides in each individual case.
Echinacea
For the treatment of various diseases, traditional medicine uses echinacea, which is at least two years old. Medicinal raw materials plants are flowers, stems, roots and leaves. Echinacea is recommended internally for colds, flu, blood poisoning, or bladder problems. Besides internal use, echinacea is still successfully and quite often used externally in the treatment of urticaria, burns, herpes and other skin diseases.
Echinacea is used for exposure to heavy metals and fungicides, liver disease, and diabetes mellitus. Preparations made on the basis of echinacea have a depressing effect on streptococci, Escherichia coli and the influenza virus present in the body.
The plant has shown good results in the treatment of prostatitis, rheumatism, osteomyelitis and diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Lotions from a decoction of echinacea are used for psoriasis, insect bites, as an antidote to a snake bite. A decoction of echinacea treats stomach ulcers, normalizes blood pressure and improves the condition of the body as a whole.
Echinacea decoction. Take the fresh (dry) leaves of the plant and grind them. Now pour 1 teaspoon of chopped raw materials with a glass of boiling water. Put everything in a water bath for 5-10 minutes. After removing from the water bath, the broth is allowed to brew. Take it 100 ml 3 times a day before meals.
Echinacea tincture for depression. To prepare it, you need to take 10 grams of plant roots and pour them with 100 ml of 70% alcohol. The tool is left to infuse for a day. Take tincture of 20 (30) drops three times a day.
Echinacea for headaches. We take all parts of the plant and make a powder out of them. Mix the finished powder with honey. For 100 grams of echinacea powder, you need 300 grams of honey. All contents are thoroughly mixed and taken with tea three times a day. This tool helps to normalize sleep, calms the nervous system and lowers blood pressure.
Echinacea tea for flu and colds. Take the root of the plant and grind it. Now mix 1 teaspoon of the root and the same amount of echinacea leaves with three flowers of the plant. Pour the whole mixture with two cups of boiling water and leave for 40 minutes. Tea is taken in the amount of three glasses a day in the treatment of a disease, and as a prophylaxis - one glass a day.
Echinacea tincture for constipation or gastritis. We take 200 grams of stems along with leaves and flowers and fill them with two liters of vodka. We leave to infuse for 14-20 days in a dark room. During the infusion period, it is necessary to periodically shake the contents. After straining the finished tincture, it is taken three times a day, 20-30 drops before meals. The course of treatment is 1.5 weeks, after which they take a break for 3 days and again resume the course of treatment, and so one more time. This tincture can be used to treat diseases of the female genital organs, diseases of the kidneys or bladder, vasospasm and stomach ulcers.
echinacea tincture
Alcohol tincture of echinacea has a powerful effect on the human immune system. Regular use of such a remedy significantly increases the number of leukocytes, activates the phagocytic response, and can also inhibit the reproduction of pathogenic microbes. In the cold season, the reception is healing tincture will lengthen the periods between episodes of viral infections, as it activates protective immune mechanisms. In addition, the unique components that make up echinacea will help get rid of inflammatory processes in the bladder, kidneys and ureter. It should also be noted that this wonderful tincture can be used to treat wounds for their speedy healing, as well as various boils and skin inflammations. It not only increases the action of histogenic phagocytes, but also promotes tissue repair.
To strengthen children's body, modern pediatricians recommend giving children such a tincture. She is superb cold remedy natural origin. Side effects at long-term use Echinacea tinctures are very rare. As a rule, these can be allergic rashes and dizziness. In these cases, the tincture should be stopped immediately.
How to take echinacea? Experts prescribe such a remedy before meals (20-30 minutes) at least three times a day. Note that at the very beginning of treatment, the exact dose should not exceed 40 drops for an adult per day. In the following days, the maximum dosage is 60 drops. Children over 12 years old can take a tincture diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 3, 5-10 drops 2 times a day.
The appropriate duration of the course of treatment is determined by the doctor, depending on the specific characteristics of the course of the disease and its severity. With good tolerance, the drug can be used in prescribed doses until a stable achievement therapeutic effect. but maximum duration should not exceed 8 weeks. For outdoor use, it is recommended to make special solution. 40 drops of tincture should be diluted in 100 ml of sodium chloride. Such a tool is shown as compresses, lotions, abdominal tampons and rinses.
Purple Echinacea is a medicinal plant with immunomodulatory properties. Thanks to him, our body quickly copes with a variety of ailments, such as SARS, influenza.
Echinacea is used in the preparation of a variety of medicinal preparations, but best effect has raw materials prepared independently, as it will be free and you can be sure of the freshness of the collected funds.
Echinacea for diseases
Purple Echinacea is a plant native to North America. Every part of it has healing properties. The roots, leaves, flowers contain immune-stimulating substances that can destroy viruses, fungi, and bacteria.
For years Indians used echinacea to treat colds, diphtheria, malaria, blood poisoning, and more. This plant has a mass useful properties, but there are contraindications.
plant description
Echinacea purpurea is a plant from the genus Asteraceae. Almost until the middle of the twentieth century, the flower was used in folk medicine, and after that it began to be grown as a garden crop. Since 1938, it has been used in official medicine. Dr. Madaus conducted a study of purple echinacea, after which he began to use the plant for sore throats, tonsillitis, and inflammation of the internal organs. The list of diseases from which the plant helps is constantly updated. Later, echinacea was officially included in the pharmacopoeias of many foreign countries, and also began to be used as a medicinal raw material in the production of various pharmaceuticals.
Chemical composition
The ground part of echinacea contains many different useful elements. There are mucus, resins, polysaccharides, essential oils, hydroxycinnamic acids, saponins, polyamides, echinacin, echinacoside, enzymes, vitamins, phytosterols, palmitic and linoleic acids.
The root contains a lot of inulin, polysaccharides, resins. It also contains essential oil, phenolcarboxylic acids, betaine, echinacoside and echinacin, vitamins, enzymes and other useful elements.
It contains a lot of essential oil.
plant properties
The use of Echinacea purpurea is very wide. This plant helps to cope with many diseases, but primarily the plant is used as an immunostimulant. Pharmaceutical companies produce tinctures of Echinacea purpurea. It is already ready for use. The drug is made on the basis of purple echinacea extract or plant juice.
The herb has antibacterial, fungicidal, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Echinacea preparations are strong activators of macrophages, lymphocytes and granulocytes. Thus, the functioning of the immune system is stimulated: the plant gently stimulates the work of the adrenal cortex, increases the production of hormones. Also, the medicinal preparations that make up the plant have anti-allergic and anti-rheumatic properties.
The instructions for the use of echinacea purpurea say that this plant helps with depression, SARS, inflammatory pathologies, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, cystitis, prostatitis, as well as wounds and ulcers, burns.
In folk medicine, decoctions, extracts, and infusions are used. The drugs are taken as antiseptic, to remove warts, with physical overwork. Nice results show echinacea-based remedies after antibiotic treatment, radiotherapy and the use of cytostatics.
Echinacea can be brewed as a tea to strengthen and boost immunity. To do this, it is enough to pour a teaspoon of raw materials in a teapot with boiling water. Tea is infused for ten minutes. It is taken in a cup once a day, but not longer than a week. It is better to alternate such teas with other means, taking echinacea once a week, and on other days - other vitamin teas that can strengthen the immune system.
Contraindications
The instructions for use of Echinacea purpurea say that this plant should not be used during pregnancy and during breastfeeding. Do not use the plant for leukemia, tuberculosis and in case of individual intolerance. In any case, the drug should be taken only after consulting a doctor.
Dosage of tablets and solution
Pharmacological companies produce echinacea in the form of tablets and solutions. According to the instructions, echinacea purpurea in the form of tablets can be used by children over the age of twelve years and adults, one tablet three times a day. For children aged six to twelve years, the drug is prescribed at a dosage of 1 tablet 1-2 times a day. Children aged four to six years are prescribed the drug in a tablet once a day.
The oral solution is applied three times a day at the dosage prescribed by the doctor. Be sure to dilute the solution with water before use.
Duration of admission - no more than eight weeks.
Side effects
Echinacea - herbal remedy, which may cause side effect. Sometimes it happens on plant preparations allergic reaction in the form of itching, rash, bronchospasm. In isolated cases, anaphylactic shock occurs.
With prolonged use of echinacea, leukopenia may develop.
Echinacea during pregnancy and lactation
Scientists cannot say what effect echinacea has on pregnancy, as similar experiments was not carried out. Because of this, it is not recommended to use the plant during pregnancy and lactation.
Alcohol tincture of echinacea
Tincture can be bought at a pharmacy, or you can make it yourself at home. All parts of the plant are used for it, including rhizomes.
To prepare the tincture, you need to take fifty grams of crushed raw materials, place in a dark glass container and pour alcohol (0.25 l). The remedy is infused for two weeks, periodically shaken. After the composition is infused, it is filtered.
Alcohol tincture is used to treat a variety of ailments. It can be used for rubbing with sore joints, make night compresses with it.
An alcohol remedy helps well for the treatment of purulent wounds. To do this, a tablespoon of tincture is diluted with a spoonful of water. The resulting remedy treats the wound.
With radiculitis and myositis, compresses are indicated. For them, you need to take a piece of tissue, moisten it with tincture and attach it to a sore spot. From above it is covered with polyethylene and a scarf.
plant infusion
Flowers are used to prepare the infusion. A teaspoon of raw materials is poured into a glass of boiling water and insisted for two hours. Then the agent is filtered. Ready infusion is used for emotional overstrain, as well as for chronic stress. For this purpose, a glass of the drug is drunk during the day in small sips.
For colds, take half a glass three times a day.
Good results are shown by taking an infusion to enhance potency: for this purpose, the infusion is drunk in a glass twice a day.
In case of obesity, in order to reduce cravings for sweets, it is recommended to drink half a glass of infusion before meals.
Butter
You can prepare the oil yourself, or you can buy it ready-made, especially since the price of echinacea purpurea is low (50 ml tincture will cost 150 rubles).
To prepare the oil, the roots are taken, washed thoroughly and passed through a meat grinder. Then one hundred grams of the resulting slurry is poured into 0.5 liters sunflower oil and insist in a cool dark place for three weeks. After that, the agent is filtered. The finished product is stored in the refrigerator.
The oil helps well with a duodenal ulcer or stomach ulcer, a teaspoon of oil is mixed with the same amount. sea buckthorn oil and taken orally once a day on an empty stomach. The therapy lasts two weeks.
For bronchitis, the oil is used three times a day. Be sure to drink water.
Good results are obtained by the use of echinacea for the treatment of dermatological diseases. The oil helps with eczema, dermatitis. For treatment, it is applied to the affected areas several times a day.
When seizing with oil, the corners of the mouth are lubricated every three hours for two weeks.
Echinacea decoctions
Echinacea can be used to make decoctions. They use flowers and leaves. Dry, crushed raw materials are poured with water and put on fire. The product is boiled for five minutes, then cooled and filtered.
A decoction helps to cope with a breakdown: for this, they drink a glass of the remedy, dividing it into four doses. In diseases of the kidneys, a decoction of one hundred milliliters is taken three times a day.
Echinacea can be used to wash wounds.
The plant shows good results with a rash: lotions are used to cope with it.
Echinacea cultivation
Growing echinacea in your garden is very easy. This plant is propagated by seeds and division of the bush. The latter method allows you to quickly get large plants with a powerful root system. Planting Echinacea purpurea is best done in the spring. With cluster division, raw materials can be collected already in the first year.
When sown with seeds in the first year, there will be no flowering. The plant actively increases the root mass, and blooms in the second year. Flowering begins in mid-July and lasts until frost.
The plant is planted in sunny areas. Although it grows well in the shade. If we compare the bush in the sun and in the shade, then when grown in the shade, the bushes are more powerful, with large leaves and huge flowers. There are no other differences.
Echinacea purpurea is easy to care for. The plant needs to be watered abundantly. This plant loves moisture, so it is watered very plentifully. Responds well to fertilization. For the entire growing season, the plant is fed twice per season. At the end of September, the stems are cut.
Seeds ripen after flowering. To get new plants, just scatter them where you want to get new bushes. On the next year they will sprout themselves, and in a year they will delight with abundant flowering and a large amount of medicinal material.
How to collect
All parts of the plant are used to treat ailments. Collect it in dry sunny weather, immediately after the morning dew. When collecting rhizomes, weather conditions do not play a role.
Leaves from young plants of the first year of life are collected in autumn. In plants of the second and subsequent years of life, the leaves are cut in the spring, as soon as they bloom. It is impossible to completely remove the foliage, since in this case the bush will not bloom.
The resulting greens are dried in a ventilated room. Sun rays adversely affect the workpiece, so you need to carefully consider the choice of a place for drying raw materials.
The inflorescences of the plant are collected at the very beginning of their flowering. At this time, they contain many useful substances. After a cut, after about three weeks, the echinacea will bloom again.
Inflorescences are dried in the same way as leaves. This video shows how to brew flowers.
Rhizomes are harvested either in early spring or late autumn, after pruning the aerial part of the plant.
All harvested raw materials are stored in glass containers or in fabric bags. Raw materials are used not only for the treatment of diseases, but also as prophylactic from various ailments.
This plant is used to raise protective functions body, so it is widely used in the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections and other diseases. What are the medicinal properties and contraindications of echinacea? You need to know this in order to use this healing flower as efficiently as possible without harm to health.
Chemical composition
This plant has a unique composition, due to which many medicinal properties appear. The main components of echinacea:
- vitamins, micro and macro elements;
- flavonoids;
- essential lipids;
- polysaccharides;
- derivatives of caffeic acid;
- alkylamides.
Echinacea flowers have medicinal properties, have a large number of useful components- essential oils, resins, organic acids, tannins. The restorative and tonic properties of the plant are achieved due to the presence of antioxidants - echinocine, echinolone.
Important! Selenium, zinc, potassium, silver, calcium, cobalt and many other trace elements were found in the composition of all parts of the flower. can be read in our article.
V medicinal purposes a developed rhizome is also used, which has a unique chemical composition. The main components of the underground part of the flower are essential oils, inulin, phenolcarboxylic acids, glucose, betaine, resins.
Medicinal properties
Due to the presence of iron in the composition of the plant, it significantly improves chemical composition blood, the number of red blood cells increases. Calcium helps to increase bone strength, silicon has a positive effect on the formation and fast growth new body tissues.
Selenium, the amount of which is simply huge in echinacea, significantly increases the protective functions of the body, it resists attack better. various viruses, infections, bacteria.
Inulin speeds up metabolism, takes part in the breakdown of fats, removes harmful substances from tissues. This element has a positive effect on the immune system, liver, increases bone strength, lowers the amount of sugar in the blood.
Important! Flowers, rhizome, leaves and stems of the plant have useful properties.
Echinacea is an ingredient in many medicines and products. home cooking. Once in the human body, it destroys pathogens - E. coli, staphylococcus, streptococcus.
Medicinal properties of the plant:
- increases the protective functions of the body;
- anti-inflammatory;
- antibacterial;
- antiviral;
- cleansing the body of harmful substances;
- antifungal.
Echinacea also has anti-allergic properties, removes from the body excess liquid, accelerates metabolism.
Important! The underground part of the plant is used in the treatment of burns, accelerates the healing of wounds, helps stop bleeding.
Regular use of drugs containing a flower significantly slows down the aging process, accelerates the regeneration of all body tissues, inhibits growth, the formation of malignant and benign tumors. Unique funds positively affect the healthy appearance of hair, nails, skin.
The rejuvenating effect of echinacea is achieved by cleansing the circulatory, lymphatic system from free radicals and other harmful substances that poison the body, contribute to the activation of the aging process.
This plant has an extremely positive effect on the male body, especially on the organs and systems that relate to the genital area. It is able to relieve inflammation, suppress the reproduction of fungi, destroy infections and viruses.
Important! Some studies have shown that men who want to have children do not need to get involved in treatment with echinacea, as it impairs sperm motility and inhibits testosterone production.
Remedies prepared from the plant will help with:
- inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system;
- prostate adenoma;
- the presence of sexually transmitted infections.
Echinacea in various dosage forms is used for cancer, which affects not only the reproductive system, but also other organs. These funds increase the protective functions of the body, there is a purification from harmful substances.
Echinacea is indispensable in the treatment of many female diseases that can appear at any age. It is quite effective in the presence of:
- candidiasis;
- chlamydia;
- gonorrhea;
- syphilis.
Also, products containing the plant are used in the treatment of inflammatory processes of the ovaries, cervix, bladder, kidneys. They have a positive effect on the work of the adrenal glands and the thyroid gland, which stimulates the production of hormones. The result of this is the normalization hormonal background, elimination of problems that are associated with the dysfunction of these organs.
Medicinal properties for children
The use of preparations containing plants has an extremely positive effect on the children's body. They are effective for the prevention of colds, flu. Regular use of echinacea significantly increases the body's resistance to various infections, viruses, bacteria.
- Tincture, decoction, infusion, tea will be effective medicines in the treatment of otitis media, inflammation of the gums. They can lubricate insect bites, cuts.
- For colds, you can use inhalation, take warm baths using echinacea extract.
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Application of a unique plant for the skin
Various cosmetics, containing echinacea extract in their composition, have a wonderful effect on the skin and hair. They relieve inflammation, stimulate regeneration processes, increase skin elasticity and firmness.
Important! Shampoos, masks based on echinacea improves hair growth, they do not split. You can also get rid of dandruff.
If you use water infusions, alcohol tinctures for wiping the face, you can eliminate bags under the eyes, improve skin condition. These funds will be effective in the presence of diseases:
- eczema;
- herpes;
- hives.
Echinacea extract will help in the presence of boils.
To improve the condition of the skin on the whole body, it is recommended to take warm baths with the addition of fresh broth.
Echinacea tincture - medicinal properties and contraindications
Alcohol tincture from this plant has many useful properties. She is shown:
- with pain in the joints;
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- with inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system;
- to boost immunity.
Alcohol tincture is taken orally 1-2 ml, which must be diluted in a small amount of water. Drink this elixir three times a day before meals for 8-10 days. After that, take a break for 3-5 days, if necessary, extend the treatment.
Also, this medicine can be taken as an external agent. Rub them on the chest, back with bronchitis. Apply compresses containing alcohol extract when skin diseases.
How to cook at home
To get a healing agent, you need to use dry raw materials. It is best to buy grass in a pharmacy, only then you can be sure of its quality.
For tincture, take 25-30 g of dried leaves, flowers and stems of plants. Put them in a glass container and pour 450 ml of vodka. Infuse this mixture in a dark, cool place for 19-22 days. You need to constantly shake the container to get the maximum benefit from the herbs.
After this term, strain the tincture and use as directed.
Traditional medicine recipes
To treat a large number of diseases, increase the protective functions of the body, accelerate metabolic processes, decoctions and infusions are used.
Important! With the right one, you will always have this medicinal plant.
Healing decoction
To prepare the medicine you need:
- Take 1 tbsp. l. dried raw materials, which must first be crushed.
- Fill it with 450 ml of boiling water. Simmer over low heat for 25 minutes.
- Steep for 35 minutes, then strain.
Take 120 ml of warm liquid three times a day to improve the functioning of the pancreas, digestive system. The course of treatment is 9-12 days.
Cold water infusion
This tool will be effective in losing weight, to improve immunity.
To prepare the infusion, take 1-2 tbsp. l. herbs, which pour 260 ml of cold boiled water. Insist for 8-9 hours, then strain.
Use 150 ml 2-3 times a day before meals for 10-15 days.
Contraindications for use
Despite the large number of useful properties, products containing echinacea have some contraindications that you need to know about before use.
It is worth refraining from using a unique flower if you have:
- autoimmune diseases;
- insomnia;
- hypertension;
- AIDS;
- acute angina.
Despite some contraindications, treatment with echinacea shows an extremely positive result on health. The plant has unique composition, contains a large amount of vitamins and nutrients that are very necessary for a person.
