In this article Anne Harvester writes about medicinal herbs.
There is nothing worse than to reach into your cabinet and expect to find the dried herbs you need there, only to realize that you have run out. Purchasing dried bulk herbs, such as echinacea herb, helps you to save money and ensures that you always have your medicinal herbs available when you want them.
What is Echinacea herb?
Echinacea herb, which is typically sold as echinacea capsules from herb purveyors online, comes from the Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea angustifolia plants. Echinacea purpurea is a common garden flower known as Coneflower. The flowers of this herbaceous perennial plant are produced during the summer months and look like large lavender daisies with dark or colored spiny centers, and are a favorite with insects. The seedheads in wintertime, if left in the garden, make wonderful bird food as well. Echinacea angustifolia is commonly known as the Narrow-leaf Coneflower. Like Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia has lavender-colored, daisy-like flowers with reddish-orange spiny centers.
What can Echinacea capsules do?
There are several things that Echinacea capsules may be able to do for you in terms of health. Traditional herbal medical practices have used Echinacea herb to improve the health of the skin when burns, sores or acne are present. Echinacea is thought to have immunostimulating capabilities. It may help to reduce the chances of catching a cold, and if a cold is already present, it may help to reduce the duration of the illness because it may strengthen the body's immune system. It may also help with other respiratory conditions including hay fever and sinusitis. Echinacea was also used by Native American tribes as a treatment for snakebites, as well insect bites and stings.
Medicinal herbs, such as Echinacea, are available in several different forms from herb merchants online. Echinacea capsules, cut and sifted and powdered forms are available made from the plant as well as the root. Organic echinacea may also be purchased, and echinacea is also available that has been certified kosher.
Organic echinacea capsules are made from organic plants. In order for plants, including these herbs, to be listed for sale as organic, they must be grown without the use of synthetic chemical pesticides or fertilizers. The ground upon which the plants grow must not have had synthetic chemicals applied to it for at least three years, and sometimes longer, prior to the production of organic crops. For products that have been certified organic, you will see a green and white emblem that states, "USDA Organic," referring to the United States Department of Agriculture, the governmental body which does the farm inspections and certifies products as organic.
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