Echinacea Angustifolia Herb C/S: 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as an infusion, decoction, extract tincture and lotion. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends Echinacea pallida [Echinacea angustifolia] root for 'Supportive therapy for influenza-like infections.' 'Daily dosage: Tincture (1:5) with 50 percent (v/v) ethanol from native dry extract (50 percent ethanol, 7 - 11:1), corresponding to 900 mg herb. Information for children's dosage is not available. Mode of Administration: Liquid forms for oral administration. Duration of Administration: Not longer than 8 weeks.' Echinacea possesses confirmed anitbacterial and antiviral properties. It is profoundly supportive of the immune system, and, as Dr. Ellingwood's ecstatic clinical review below indicates (only part of which is quoted here), Echinacea's therapeutic power amazed practitioners. Echinacea is effective both internally, against such as colds, flu and tonsilitis, and externally against many kinds of stubborn skin problems. The decoction can be used as a mouthwash for pyorrhoea and gingivitis, and as a douche for vaginal infections. Echinacea is the subject of much contemporary research. Its complex chemistry seems to support the immune system by activating white blood cells. Echinacea also increases the production of interferon, an important part of the body"™s response to viral infections. Many double-blind studies have confirmed what Ellingwood's extenvie clinical experience indicated, that echinacea is effective for treating colds and flu. Other modern clincial studies confirm that echinacea, taken both internally and used as a douche, is extremely effective against vaginal yeast infections. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Echinacea increases bodily resistance to infection and is used for boils, erysipelas, septicaemia, cancer, syphilis and other impurities of the blood, its action being antiseptic.' 'It has also useful properties as a strong alterative and aphrodisiac.' 'As an injection, the extract has been used for haemorrhoids and a tincture of the fresh root has been found beneficial in diphtheria and putrid fevers.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: 'As a therapeutic agent echinacea is often used both internally and locally at the same time; therefore in this article the internal and external uses will not be given separately, but collectively. And inasmuch as echafolta is a name given to distinguish a purified form of echinacea, the remarks concerning the one are equally applied to the other, except in important surgical cases, where greater cleanliness is desired, when echafolta is to be preferred.' 'If any single statement were to be made concerning the virtues of echinacea, it would read something like this: 'A corrector of the depravation of the body fluids, ' and even this does not sufficiently cover the ground. Its extraordinary powers"”combining e