Welcome to Herb Notes. I'm Tara Ruth. Oh Echinacea, how I love thee. This beautiful plant not only supports pollinators with its abundant blooms, but also offers many benefits for us humans too.
Echinacea and Angustafolia and Echinacea Purpurea is most well known for helping to address colds and flu, but its gifts go far beyond internal immune support. Let's dive into three key benefits of echinacea. One, echinacea for cold and flu. As an immune stimulant, echinacea can help address mild symptoms associated colds and flu like sore throat.
At the onset of a cold, I often take echinacea tincture or drink echinacea tea to help support my immune system. When working with echinacea, I use the roots, leaves, and flowers to support my body. And I reach for echinacea in more acute situations. And then if I'm looking for an herb to help bolster my immune system over time, I usually opt more for elderberry or astragalus.
Two, echinacea for mild wounds. Echinacea is an antimicrobial herb, so I often apply it to little scrapes and cuts to help support my skin's healing process. For external usage, I like to create a topical fomentation with echinacea tea. Three, echinacea for recurring acne.
Just as echinacea can help support the skin's healing process from mild wounds, internal and external usage of echinacea, help address some skin conditions like recurring acne. This is due not only to echinacea's antimicrobial properties, but also the effects it has on the lymphatic system. Echinacea is a lymphogogue that can help promote lymphatic drainage within the body. And just to note, as an immune stimulant, there's conflicting info about whether echinacea may adverse impact folks with autoimmune conditions.
So if someone has an autoimmune condition, it saves us to avoid echinacea or seeing herbalist to take stock of their specific needs. Wanna learn more about echinacea's benefits, visit HerbNotes.cards to grab a free deck of our top twelve herb notes. This has been Herb Notes with me, Tara Ruth.
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