Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
The main active chemical in this lovely purple flower is chicoric acid.
This plant is found throughout Missouri.
This plant uses this immune boosting acid to help your body fight and prevent Malaria. Along with many other different diseases.
For general immune system stimulation, during colds, flu, upper respiratory tract infections, or bladder infections, choose from the following forms and take 3 times a day until you feel better, but not for more than 7 to 10 days:
- 1 to 2 grams dried root or herb, as tea
- 2 to 3 mL of standardized tincture extract
- 6 to 9 mL of expressed juice (succus)
- 300 mg of standardized, powdered extract containing 4% phenolics
- Tincture (1:5): 1 to 3 mL (20 to 90 drops)
- Stabilized fresh extract: 0.75 mL (15 to 23 drops)
Source: Echinacea | University of Maryland Medical Center http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/echinacea#ixzz3kjF7Z267
University of Maryland Medical Center
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