Coneflower

Clinical Notes. Ingestion increased # and activity of TNF alpha, interleukins 1 & 6, interferon-2, T lymphocytes, PMNs & macrophages Discontinue if rash occurs Becoming endangered, use harvested rather than wildcrafted Alkamides/isobuylamides=concentrated in root and mature seed head, considered inflammation modulating, cause tingling in mouth, lipophilic/alcohol soluble Polysaccharides/arabanogalactans=concentrated in immature flower and aerial portion of plant, considered immune stimulating and activate macrophage activity, water soluble

Therapy. External. Echinacea is a local antiseptic, stimulant, deodorant, and anesthetic. Alcoholic preparations applied to denuded surfaces cause considerable burning discomfort, but as soon as the alcohol is evaporated a sense of comfort and lessening of previous pain is experienced.

Therapy. Echinacea, is par excellence a corrector of any deprivation of the body fluids. It influences those. conditions included under the terms septic, fermentative and zymotic. Those which manifest themselves in a disturbed balance of the fluids, resulting in alterations of the tissues such as are exhibited in boils, carbuncles.

Action. The physiological action of echinacea has never been satisfactorily determined. It has been held to increase phagocytosis and to improve both leukopenia and hyperleucocytosis. That it stimulates and hastens the elimination of waste is certain, and that it possesses some antibacterial power seems more than probable.