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Echinacea plant| Echinacea Benefits. A traditional immune system modulator. Echinacea herb (echinacea purpurea) has the common name purple coneflower and has 9 different varieties. Most of these 9 types have been used traditionally in a medicinal way by native Americans. Join The Survival Doc from NaturalHealthSchool.com as he explains the benefits of echinacea. It is native to north America and has large attractive flower heads. It is also popular as an ornamental plant for this reason. It is a perennial which means it comes back for multiple seasons and usually self propagates and is quite hardy. This means it can become quite prolific. It is a pollinator and is useful in attracting a range of beneficial insects. Some horticulturalists have done work in using it as a natural pest control. Medicinally the root is used and the Echinacea plant needs to have been established for 3 or 4 years before being able to make use of its properties. It has been used in many traditional contexts, including skin care but the most common is in treatment of the common cold by echinacea. The simplest method is grinding the rot and turning it into a tea or infusion. Scientific studies are somewhat contradictory which means it has not received official medical status. Traditionally it is known as an immune system modulator. IN other words it does not directly attack cold symptoms but generally works to make the immune system work better so that it is able to fight off the cold. There are some studies indicating side effects but generally these are seen to be mild and reversible. On the whole it seems taking Echinacea continuously won’t harm you but it can reduce the effectiveness of the hern as the body develops tolerance to it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-981-echinacea.aspx?activeingredientid=981& https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/41568/Echinacea-purpurea/Details?returnurl=%2Fplants%2Fsearch-results%3Fform-mode%3Dtrue%26context%3Dl%253den%2526q%253d%252523all%2526sl%253dplantForm%2526r%253df%25252Fplant_colour_by_type%25252Fflower%25252Fbrown%26aliaspath%3D%252fplants%252fsearch-results http://www.herbs.org/greenpapers/echinacea.html http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-echinacea.html