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echinacea (ĕk'ənā`shēə), popular herbal remedy, or botanical, believed to benefit the immune system. It is used especially to alleviate common colds and the flu, but several controlled studies using it as a cold medicine have failed to find any benefit from its use. Echinacea is extracted from the roots and flowering tops of the purple coneflower coneflower, name for several American wildflowers of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The purple coneflowers (genus Echinacea), found E of the Rockies, have purple to pinkish petallike rays; some cultivated forms have white flowers. ..... Click the link for more information. (Echinacea angustifolia and E. purpurea). echinaceaAny member of the coneflower genus Echinacea. Commonly called the purple coneflower, echinacea is used as a border plant. The leaves and roots are used in herbal remedies to boost the immune system and in the treatment of colds and flu. |
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Echinacea is thought to be an immunity booster, best taken as early as possible in the case of infection. Soak a cloth in the warm Echinacea infusion or tincture and apply it to the abscess. I know I should heed the latest studies, like the one recently released that says to take the herbal cold remedy echinacea with a healthy dose of skepticism. |
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