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Echinacea Pupurea Herb Tea:
The most popular American medicinal plant is Echinacea, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Echinacea products are sold in the United States and Germany every year. While the exact chemical compounds responsible for the plant's healing efficacies are unclear, its therapeutic value is well known. Echinacea, being indigenous to North America, was thus widely used by Indians as a medication against colds, flu, and other infections; applied topically it could cure different wounds (cuts, burns, and insect bites). Actually, preparations made of this plant were believed to be a “cure-all” medicine, able to heal any disease – from cough to cancer.
Europeans got acquainted with Echinacea much later than Native Americans, but they started to believe its beneficial impact on the human organism not less than the discoverers of the plant’s effectiveness. Therefore, Echinacea preserved its status of a powerful medicinal herb throughout history. People treated scarlet fever, syphilis, malaria, blood poisoning, and diphtheria with it.
In fact, Europeans turned out to be true believers in Echinacea’s power: Americans preferred antibiotics and did not even try to prove the plant’s benefits scientifically. Europeans, on the other hand, made great efforts to disclose the secret of Echinacea’s curing power. Germans occupied the leading position in the research studies, which resulted in the isolation of the main herb's constituents: flavonoids, oils, polysaccharides, phenols (cichoric, caffeic, and caftaric acids and echinacoside), and alkylamides. It also contains copper, iron, iodine, potassium, and vitamins A, C, and E. Due to this combination of ingredients Echinacea works as a natural antibiotic, which can suppress viruses’ activity and promote immune stimulating effect through the activation of T-cells (immune system natural bacteria killers).
Constituents
The complex sugars of the herb are its immune stimulants.
Polysaccharides and Echinaceoside.
Parts Used
The root, leaves, stems and flowers, of Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia, or Echinacea pallida.
Typical Preparations
The above-ground parts of the plant are used to make fresh juice, infusions (warm-water teas), and tinctures. The roots are used in either cut or powdered form for capsules, fluid extracts, teas, and tinctures.
Summary
Echinacea is herbal medicines first choice of treatment for colds. Stimulating the immune system, the herbs can also be used to treat chronic yeast infections in women and to prevent urinary tract infections in both sexes. Administered in times of need, this helpful ally can assist the body's immune system in treating a wide range of disorders. There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer the plant), but recent research has demonstrated significant absorption from orally administered applications. The roots and the whole plant are considered particularly beneficial in the treatment of sores, wounds, burns etc, possessing cortisone-like and antibacterial activity. The plant was used by North American Indians as a universal application to treat the bites and stings of all types of insects. To date the Echinacea angustfolia is presumed to be more effective than the purpurea or pallida.
TRY THESE HERBS AS PROVEN AND POWERFUL ANTIBIOTICS!
There are many natural antibiotic herbs that work much differently to destroy microorganisms than their drug counterparts. These herbs do not compromise the immune system, as pharmaceutical antibiotics can—they make the body healthier. One of the most popular of these natural antibiotics is garlic, which is mentioned often in many herb books, and for good reason. Garlic fights the microorganisms responsible for many types of infection. You can administer garlic in any form your child will take. First, try adding it to your kid's meals. If your child resists, try giving her garlic supplements (there are many types available) or use Garlic Vinegar.
Another well-known herbal antibiotic is goldenseal, although I often replace it with barberry or Oregon grape root, which grows wild where I live and is not an endangered plant like golden-seal. Oregon grape root tastes slightly better than goldenseal, so most children prefer it. They also like the name. No matter how many times I correct them, children almost always think that this formula contains Oregon "grapefruit." I also use licorice, the antiviral value of which was reported in two journals in 1980, and echinacea, which was shown in a 1978 German study to fight against and protect from infection. These herbs deter or halt viral infections by making the virus inactive, slowing its reproduction and preventing it from breaking down cell walls.
Children's Antibiotic Formula
2 cups water
˝ teaspoon each echinacea root, licorice root and barberry bark (or Oregon grape root)
Place water and herbs in a saucepan. Simmer for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and steep for about 20 minutes. Strain out herbs. For a 50-pound child, give 1 cup of tea or half a dropperful (30 drops) of tincture daily. To improve the flavor, the tea can be mixed with an equal amount of juice. In fact, homemade apple and grape juice, unlike bottled juices, contain strong antiviral agents that fight colds and flu.
Precautions
Use with caution if you are allergic to ragweed.
Other Great And Proven
Recipes
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Sore Throat Comfort
* Mix 2 droppers of Echinacea tincture in 1/2 cup warm water. Gargle with it two or three times daily.
* For a children's tonic, mix 1/2 dropper of tincture with grape or cranberry juice to improve the taste and provide some nutrients.
Feel-Good Echinacea Tea
Combine 4 TB of these ingredients in a non-metal 1 quart pot:
* Echinacea root
* Grated ginger root
* Fennel seed
Add 1 TB of these ingredients:
* Licorice root
* Orange peel or slices
The extra ingredients make this tea taste good, plus they have an added effect: ginger is an expectorant; licorice soothes your throat; fennel moistens your throat and lungs and helps to settle your stomach; the citrus is antiseptic, antibacterial, and rich in bioflavonoids.
Fill the pot almost to the top with water, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Pour it through a strainer before you drink it.
Drink 3 hot cups of this yummy concoction per day until your symptoms improve.
Best Possible Dried Echinacea Tincture
Buy good quality dried Echinacea root.
Grind 2 oz. root in a coffee grinder (clean grinder before and after use), then place it in a quart jar and add the following:
* 1 handful grated ginger root
* 3-4 orange slices
* 1 handful freshly-chopped or dried peppermint
Cover with 3 times more brandy than dry ingredients.
Cover the jar with plastic wrap, then screw the lid on tightly.
Shake the jar daily for two weeks.
After two weeks, strain the mixture through cheesecloth or a stocking and squeeze all of the liquid out of the "marc" (the herbal material).
Re-bottle the completed tincture into a smaller glass container, close tightly, label it, and date it.
Tinctures keep indefinitely at room temperature in a dark cupboard.
Dose: Take 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. or 1 dropperful 2 or 3 times daily until your symptoms have been gone for a few days.
If you package the tincture in attractive apothecary jars, it makes great gifts and you can spread the good news about Echinacea's natural and effective healing effects to your friends and family.
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