| Management number | 236078700 | Release Date | 2026/07/09 | List Price | US$8.80 | Model Number | 236078700 | ||
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Traditionally used in Western Herbal Medicine to support the immune system to fight illness.
Echinacea purpurea
Native to North America it is now widely grown across the world. Echinacea is a member of the Asteraceae family which includes daisies as well as edible herbs like Dandelion and Arnica. It does not hold many common English names, but one of the few is the Purple Coneflower, named because of the attractive flower head with purple, pink petals and cone-shaped centre.
Echinacea is derived from the Greek word echinos, meaning ‘hedgehog’, which refers to the cone-shaped, prickly centre which is said to resemble the spines of a hedgehog.
Traditionally used in Western Herbal Medicine to:
Traditionally:
Echinacea was one of the most widely used medicinal plants of the Great Plains Native Americans.
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