{"id":961,"date":"2012-11-14T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=961"},"modified":"2013-06-30T04:17:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T04:17:15","slug":"echinacea-echinacea-spp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=961","title":{"rendered":"Echinacea &#8212; Echinacea spp."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Echinacea<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Echinacea spp.<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Asteraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: Root (mainly), (seeds, flowers, leaf, stem are used in modern preparations)<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to N. USA, cultivated in Europe<\/p>\n<p>Common names: Purple cone flower, Purple coneflower<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: polysaccharides (arabinogalactan), echinacoside, unsaturated isobutyl amides, essential oil<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: cooling, stimulating, drying, slightly sweet, then bitter<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">antibacterial<\/span>, antiviral, antifungal, vulnerary, alterative, immune stimulatory (most successful as antibacterial (Khalsa), yeast (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: inhibits hyaluronidase, stimulates leukocytes<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">microbial infection<\/span>, colds, influenza, skin diseases: boils, carbuncles, septicemia; tonsillitis, pharyngitis<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: swollen glands, gum disease, vaginal candidiasis, increasing white cell count (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: internal: infusion: \u00c2\u00bd-1 tsp\/cup water: 1:1 tincture: 10-75 gtt qd-qid; Tincture: up to 60 ml (Khalsa); powder in capsules: 5-20 grams (Khalsa); external: poultice (note possible discrepancies for doses of different preparations)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: AIDS patients (possible)<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Notes<\/em>: Historical use was almost exclusively root. Much confusion over past decades regarding species identity. Eclectic use was angustifolia. German use was mainly purpurea misidentified as angustifolia. Some authorities caution in AIDS.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echinacea Latin name: Echinacea spp. Family: Asteraceae Part used: Root (mainly), (seeds, flowers, leaf, stem are used in modern preparations) Habitat: native to N. USA, cultivated in Europe Common names: Purple cone flower, Purple coneflower Main constituents: polysaccharides (arabinogalactan), echinacoside, unsaturated isobutyl amides, essential oil Energetics: cooling, stimulating, drying, slightly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,67,68,105,290,37,38,181,1,203,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alterative","category-antibacterial","category-antifungal","category-antiviral","category-bitter-later","category-cooling","category-drying","category-immunostimulant","category-module1","category-sweet-initially","category-vulnerary","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/2609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}