Effect:
anti-inflammatory, activating, immune system stimulating, analgesic, antimicrobial, antibiotic, antifungal
Areas of application:
Environmental toxins, environmental stress, strengthens the immune system, arthritis, inflammation of the abdominal organs, for blood purification, for viral infections, positive effects on AIDS, helps with all inflammatory processes, prostatitis, abscess formation, suppurations, boils, flu-like infections, relieves flu, chronic joint inflammation, immune system, injuries , wounds of all kinds, infections, burns, skin damage due to sun exposure, psoriasis, snake bites, symptoms of poisoning after ingesting animal or plant poisons, reduces the severity of an attack in asthma, bronchitis
Plant parts used:
Petals, leaves and root
Collection time:
Leaves before flowering (blooms from June), roots in autumn
To find:
Garden plant
Ingredients:
Heteroglycans, echinacoside, cichoric acid, flavonoids, polysaccharides, inulin, essential oil, cinnamic acid
Other:
☕ Tea: 1 teaspoon of the powdered root is poured with ¼ liter of boiling water and filtered after 10 minutes. 2 hours after each meal for 1 week, then pause for a week and start again.
The coneflower is a perennial herb that grows 15 to 60 cm high. It has a woody and often branched taproot. The plant has one or more rough, hairy stems that are usually unbranched. The leaves are alternate on the lower half of the stem. The leaf edges are toothless and have three distinct longitudinal veins. Stems and leaves are rough and hairy to the touch. The stems can be purple or green. Echinacea flowers look like purple sunflowers. The flower heads are 3.75 to 7.5 cm wide and are located at the ends of long stems. The disc flowers are 5-lobed, brownish-purple and are located between stiff bracts with yellow pollen. The fruits are small, dark, 4-sided achenes.
🛑 Echinacea should not be taken for a long period of time as it causes digestive disorders. People with an autoimmune disease should not use this plant internally as it is an immune system booster and can lead to a flare-up.
Coneflower is an Indian plant and plays an important role in spring and death cults.
In addition to the narrow-leaved coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia), the pale coneflower (Echinacea pallida) and the red coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) are also used in conventional medicine. The fresh plants are harvested at the time of flowering and the fresh or dried roots collected in autumn.
Coneflower is one of the plants that is said to be particularly effective after environmental disasters. To do this, you chew the dried root in your mouth for a long time and only swallow the juice. This is intended to accelerate the excretion of toxic substances.
A yellow-orange dye bath for wool and silk can also be produced. This requires a large amount of the above-ground plant.