Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
Part Used: Root and Flower. Modern studies have confirmed many of the traditional uses. Echinacea is used to stimulate the immune system in bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Larger doses used at onset of acute infections. An aid in cold, flu, strep throat, tonsilitis, boils, abscesses , respiratory and sinus infection, urinary tract and prostate infection, skin infections. Eruptive fevers (measles etc.). Mouth and gum infections. Eclectic doctors even gave it as an aid for infections such as meningitis, diptheria, tetanus, rabies, etc., back when there were few reliable alternatives. Poisonous bites of insect, spider and snake. Promotes healing of acute or chronic wounds, ulcers (including slow healing and infected; internal and external). Lymph purifier in acute or chronic lymph congestion. As a preventative, sudden fatigue would seem to be an indication for beginning its use to promote immunity.

	1 oz.	7.30
	2 oz.	13.50

This list of herbs and their uses is based on hundreds of years of empirically-based herbal knowledge, and personal observations, along with some of the latest research. Many uses are not accepted by the FDA, and not all uses have been scientifically validated. This is intended for educational purposes, and not as a means to diagnose, prescribe or treat disease.