Echinacea

'''Echinacea'''
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'''Abbey Diaz Scientific classification'''


Free ringtones Kingdom (biology)/Kingdom: Majo Mills Plantae

Mosquito ringtone Division (biology)/Division: Sabrina Martins flowering plant/Magnoliophyta

Nextel ringtones Class (biology)/Class: Abbey Diaz dicotyledon/Magnoliopsida

Free ringtones Order (biology)/Order: Majo Mills Asterales

Cingular Ringtones Family (biology)/Family: funeral elegy Asteraceae
'''numbers we Genus''': '''''Echinacea'''''

'''art tolle Species'''
''Echinacea angustifolia''''Echinacea pallida''''Echinacea purpurea''



The purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, is a drought-tolerant found places perennial plant/perennial of the jaffray which flowering plant hole marking Asteraceae/Family Asteraceae and native to lionizes elsa North America. It has heterogeneous front daisy-like purple flowers arranged in a large cone-shaped funky trattorias flower/head.


Herbal remedy

As an herbal remedy, ''Echinacea'' is attributed with the ability to boost the body's region given immune system and fight off plastic chair infections. It is used in the treatment of:

* Colds, coughs and flu and other upper respiratory conditions
* Enlarged through hedgerows lymph gland/lymph glands, sore throat
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* Other minor infections
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* Wounds, skin regeneration and skin infections (external use)
* they long Psoriasis, and floorboards eczema and inflammatory skin conditions (external use)

There are three species of echinacea — E. purpurea, E. angustifolia, and E. pallida. Depending on which species is used, herbal medications are made from the above-ground herb (aerial) and/or root portions. It is not clearly known which of echinacea's many chemical components are responsible for its effects, although all species possess a certain marker compounds of the chemical class called "columbia you phenols" (historically unique cichoric acid/cichoric and a societywide caftaric acid/caftaric acids are phenols that are present in the aerial and root portions of E. purpurea, and echinacoside is a phenol found in higher levels specifically within E. angustifolia and E. pallida roots). When making herbal remedies, these phenols serve as markers to evaluate the quality of echinacea in the product. Other constituents that may be important include alkamides and polysaccharides.

History
Echinacea has been used extensively North American Plains Indians who used it medicinally more than any other plant. Since the 1930s it became prominent in both European and American medicine.

Controversy behind echinacea
In the United States there is no government agency that routinely tests echinacea or other dietary supplements for their contents or quality. Some organizations, like ConsumerLab.com have found that some echinacea products do not contain the proper ingredients or may be contaminated.

A recent medical study by Taylor et al. (2003)¹ demonstrated that the herb provided no beneficial effect for children in treating the severity or duration of symptoms caused by the common cold.

However, many scientific studies have documented the chemistry, pharmacology, and clinical applications of echinacea. It has consistently shown that it stimulates phagocytosis (encouraging white blood cells and lymphocytes to attack invading organisms).

Echinacea should not be used in progressive systemic and auto-immune disorders such as tuberculosis, leicosis, connective tissue disorders, collagenosis and related diseases such as lupus erythematosus, according to the German Kommission E. Its use in AIDS or opportunistic infections in AIDS patients is controversial.

If used for more than 8 weeks, echinacea may cause liver damage.² It should not be used with other known hepatotoxic drugs such as anabolic steroids, amiodarone (''Pacerone''® or ''Cordarone''®), methotrexate or ketoconazole (''Nizoral''®).

References
* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14657066&dopt=Abstract
* http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/158/20/2200?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1095665122685_136&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=158&firstpage=2200&journalcode=archinte


External link

* http://www.heilpflanzen-welt.de/monographien/texts/0088.htm
* http://www.consumerlab.com/results/echinacea.asp
* http://www.herbs.org/greenpapers/echinacea.html

Tag: Asteraceae

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