Echinacea is also known as coneflower. Native Americans believed Echinacea as ‘cure all’ medicine and used this herb to treat wounds, flu, cold, snake bites etc. All parts of Echinacea plant are useful including the roots, leaves, flowers, etc. Though Echinacea is generally known for boosting the immune system, its full potential is yet to be explored.
Benefit of Echinacea:
Listed below are some benefits of Echinacea:
- Boosts the Immune System: Experts believe that Echinacea can improve our immune system by enhancing the activities of infection-fighting T cells. It can also help in stimulating the production of leukocytes or white blood cells. White blood cells play a major role in defending our body against infectious disease and such other foreign materials.
- Treats Eczema, Burns: Echinacea is considered one of the most potent blood cleansers. This property can help in treating eczema, burns, psoriasis, etc by removing urinc acid and other wastes from our blood and purifying it.
- Treats Dry Mouth and Maintains Oral Health: Experts suggest that the presence of compound ‘echinacein’ in Echinacea can treat dry mouth or cotton mouth by producing saliva. Dry mouth is a medical condition characterized by lack of saliva. Saliva is necessary to control the production of bacteria in the mouth. Saliva can also help in maintaining overall oral health by preventing tooth decay, mouth infections, gum diseases, etc.
- Powerful Detoxifier: Experts recommend Echinacea as a powerful detoxifing agent. It can wash the stomach by removing poisons, pus, etc. in our body. Echinacea can aid in sweating which can help in detoxifying the body through the skin. Echinacea can also aid in purifying our lymphatic system by removing toxins which can be helpful in treating enlarged prostate, swollen glands, etc.
- Natural Antibiotic: Experts believe that Echinacea can increase the level of properdin. This can boost our immune system against such bacterial and viral attacks that can cause flu, cold, tonsillitis, bronchitis, etc.
Experts suggest not to use Echinacea if one has autoimmune disorder such as lupus or multiple sclerosis because this may aggravate their symptom. Moreover, HIV positive individuals are also advised not to take Echinacea because of its ability to increase leukocytes that can make the HIV virus more powerful. To be safe, take your doctor’s advice before using Echinacea.
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