What is Echinacea Purpurea?Good function and application of Polyphenols and Chicoric acid from Echinacea Purpurea Extract?

Archeology and traditional application of Echinacea Purpurea in Old Native Indian Tribes.

Echinacea Extract ECHINACEA PURPUREA ROOT EXTRACT;ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT Echinacea angustifolia,Coneflower extract 289-808-4 90028-20-9 photo picture image Excavations of a Pawnee earthenlodge village called the "Hill" site, located near Guide Rock, Nebraska (occupied around 1800), uncovered roots identified as being from the purple coneflower. These were identified by the ethnobotanist Melvin Gilmore at the University of Michigan's Ethnobotanical Laboratory in the early part of the 1900s. In 1917, he reported that the macerated root of the purple coneflower was used to treat snakebite, as well as other venomous bites, stings, and poisonings by all the Indians of the Upper Missouri region. He stated that these, and other, tribes used the purple coneflower "for more ailments than any other plant".
Native Americans who used the herb to treat toothaches, sore throats, coughs, and infections. Their preferred method was to suck on the root. Researchers now feel that this is the best method as it activates the saliva and disease-fighting resources in the mouth, attacking anything that comes in. Most tribes used the plant to treat snakebites, fevers, and old, stubborn wounds, as well as on burns, swollen lymph nodes, and insect bites.
The Blackfoot chewed the root to help alleviate toothache, while several tribes used the juice from the plant to treat burns, wounds, ulcers, and other skin conditions.
The Sioux applied the freshly scraped root as a poultice against hydrophobia caused by the bites of rabid animals.
The Cheyenne used it for sore mouths, the Choctaws for coughs, the Comanche for sore throats, the Crow for colds, and the Delaware for venereal diseases.
The Dakotas used the freshly scraped root as a remedy for hydrophobia and snakebite and applied it to wounds that had putrefied.
The Lakotas ate the root and green fruit when they were thirsty or perspiring and as a painkiller for toothache, tonsillitis, stomachache, and pain in the bowels. Echinacea is still widely harvested for a variety of medicinal uses by the Lakotas on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
The Omahas recognized two kinds of echinacea: the male (nuga), or the larger and more masculine plant and the smaller, "female" (miga) herb. They used some parts of the plant for sore eyes. Their medicine men applied the macerated root as a local anesthetic so that they could remove pieces of meat from a boiling pot without flinching.
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Winnebago medicine men used it to make their mouths insensitive to heat so that they could put a live coal into their mouths to demonstrate their power. These feats helped create confidence in the ability of the medicine men to heal.
The Kiowa have long used the plant in a cough medicine. They, and the Cheyenne, treated colds and sore throats by chewing a piece of the root and letting the saliva run down the throat. In the 1930s, they were still using the dried seed head as a comb and brush.
The Cheyenne made a tea from the leaves and roots as a remedy for a sore mouth and gums. The same liquid was rubbed on a sore neck to relieve pain. Toothache caused by a large cavity was relieved by letting a tea from the plant come in contact with it. They also drank the tea as a remedy for rheumatism, arthritis, mumps and measles, and made a salve for external treatments of these ailments. When the roots were mixed with blazing star (Mentzelia laevicaulis) and boiled, the resulting tea was drunk for smallpox.
Traditionally,Echinacea Purpurea is mainly used mainly to treat impending infections of the common cold, coughs, bronchitis, fevers, urinary tract infections, inflammations of the mouth and pharynx, to boost immunity, and to treat wounds and burns. It reduces the intensity and duration of cold and flu symptoms and helps the body fight recurrent infections, especially of the respiratory system, middle ear, urinary tract, and vaginal yeast infections. When taken at the first sign of colds or flu, echinacea may prevent the infection from taking hold or may shorten the duration of full-blown symptoms. Because echinacea effects are relatively short-lived, it is most effective if taken every two or three hours initially until symptoms are relieved, and then three times a day for a week to ensure complete recovery and optimal immune function. The overuse of this herb is regrettable because, when the immune system is continually artificially stimulated for too long, the unenhanced portion begins to deteriorate even further. Therefore, it should not be taken any longer than eight to ten days at a time. It is most effective if stopped for a week and then resumed. By taking ginseng for a year or so, the immune system will become stronger so that echinacea will have to be used only during an acute episode of illness rather than for a general feeling of tiredness.

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Name:Echinacea Extract
Serie No:S-009.
Specifications:Polyphenols 4%UV;Chicoric Acid 2.0% HPLC;4:1TLC
INCI Name:ECHINACEA PURPUREA ROOT EXTRACT;ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT
EINECS/ELINCS No.:289-808-4
CAS:90028-20-9
Chem/IUPAC Name:Echinacea Purpurea Root Extract is an extract of the roots of Echinacea purpurea,Compositae.

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