ECHINACEA
Latin Name: Echinacea augustifolia
Family: Compositae
Height: 30-50cm
A native plant of North America where it is grazed by most animals and considered by the indigenous peoples to be their most valuable medicinal herb.
Constituents: Volatile oil, glycoside, echinaceine, phenolics.
Actions: Anti-microbial, alterative.
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Herbs and Wild Plants
Constituents and Actions
Agrimony |
Avens |
Borage |
Calendula |
Cats Claw |
Celery |
Chanca Piedra |
Chickweed |
Chicory |
Cleavers |
Coltsfoot |
Comfrey |
Cornsilk |
Dandelion |
Echinacea |
Elder Flower |
Fennel |
Fenugreek |
Garlic |
Goats Rue |
Golden Rod |
Groundsel |
Inula |
Lemon Balm |
Maca |
Mallow |
Marshmallow |
Meadowsweet |
Melilot |
Milk Thistle |
Mouse Ear |
Nettles |
Parsley |
Plantain |
Raspberry Leaf |
Red Clover |
Rosehip |
Shepherds Purse |
Suma |
Valerian |
Yarrow
Herb uses, myths and herb/drug interactions
From Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information