Echinacea

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- Hi, here is where maybe fools rush in etc., but I have been practicing and

teaching integrated East/West herbalism for over 10 years now

- I routinely pull herbs from the Chinese pharmacopeia into Western usage and

vice versa

- Since my original training was in Western herbalism, my tendency is to work

from the individual herbal monographs and often make up my own formulae

- Here is what I have in my database for Echinacea:

 

Echinacea ( Echinacea purpurea )

 

- Part Used: Herb/Root

- Main function: Cooling/Detoxifying Herb for Heat patterns

- Thermal qual.: Cool

- Taste: Slighlty bitter, slightly salty

- Meridians Entered: Lu, LI, St

 

 

- Functions:

- Clears Heat and Detoxifies

- Regulates Qi Stagnation

- Dispels Exterior Wind Heat

- Cautions:

- For maximum effectiveness use therapeutic doses only when needed

- Excess may cause nausea

- Toxicity:

- Relatively safe for long term use at tonic dosage levels

(tonic dosage 10% of therapeutic dosage)

- Phyto-chemicals:

- Echincoside, mucopolysaccharides, isobutylamides,

polyacetylenes, phytosterols

 

- Western Properties:

- Immune stimulant, anti-inflammatory, anti-biotic, detoxifying

diaphoretic, healing, anti-allergenic, strengthens connective tissue

 

- Notes:

- Used for early onset of colds and flu, fungal infections,

skin diseases, boils, abscesses, asthma, allergic rhinitis,

sore throat, bites/stings, cold sores, genital herpes, shingles,

vaginitis, gingivitis, viral infections, yeast infections.

 

- I put some of my the monographs up on the Ontario Herbalists Association

website. You can access them all at:

http://www.herbalists.on.ca/freeman.html

 

- I have also written an eBook on Integrated East/West Herbalism that I use as

the textbook for teaching

- If you want to access a copy of this contact me off list at

john.freeman

 

John Freeman D.Sc., M.H., C.H., P.Eng.

 

 

 

 

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