Echinacea or rudbeckia is a garden plant of the aster family. This beautiful flower is unpretentious in care and can grow in a garden. Echinacea occupies an honorable place in medicine . Its beneficial properties are miraculously strong; the plant has established itself as an excellent tool that cleanses the lymphatic system, liver and kidneys. In common people they call her a “blood cleaner”.
There are more than 300 drugs containing rudbekia in their composition. It is widely used in cosmetology and cooking. Absolutely all parts of the flower are used in folk medicine and bring great benefits to the body. Echinacea is a true protector and guardian of our health.
Delicious and fragrant teas are made from flowers. Preparing a drink is very simple: several flowers are poured with boiling water, the broth is infused and consumed with honey or sugar. The spicy, tart, slightly bitter taste of tea perfectly invigorates and relieves fatigue after a hard day. The plant has many valuable substances that contribute to the development of protective antibodies to harmful microorganisms and white blood cells.
It has been proven more than once that Echinacea has an antioxidant effect. Its beneficial properties help fight infectious and bacterial diseases. The grass not only facilitates the course of the common cold, eliminates manifestations, but also significantly reduces the duration of the disease and prevents complications. It helps to preserve youthful skin and prevents its early aging.
Scientists have discovered that masks and lotions from this plant maintain skin elasticity, prevent the penetration of pathogenic bacteria, relieve acne and pigmentation. Inflammation and acne will be cured by the same echinacea. The healing properties are comparable to the medicinal substance penicillin. The roots of the grass are rich in alkyl amides, which have a mild anesthetic effect.
It helps a natural medicine to strengthen the immune system due to the content of a number of useful components. It contains tannins, polysaccharides, essential oils, organic and phenolic acids. Most importantly, there are many polyenes in the grass - substances that kill mold and fungus.
But not only the immunomodulatory effect has echinacea. Its useful properties are much more diverse. The grass has a diuretic, antiviral, antibacterial, antiallergenic and antimicrobial effect. This fact has been confirmed by science and numerous medical studies. That is why the plant is widely used in folk and traditional pharmaceuticals.
Even young children from the age of 3 can be given drugs that include echinacea. Useful properties are manifested in inflammatory processes, diabetes mellitus, diseases of the bladder and blood poisoning. Herbal ointments, creams and lotions are used for psoriasis, burns, eczema, herpes, streptococcal infections and mosquito bites. Echinacea helps in the fight against osteomyelitis, polyarthritis, prostatitis, female diseases and diseases of the respiratory system . Instructions for use are as follows:
- In the presence of wounds, burns, herpes and other skin diseases, make a healing tincture of 600 ml of vodka and 150 grams of raw roots. The mixture is infused for 30 days. You can make pulp from the leaves of Echinacea and apply in the form of compresses to the affected areas.
- With angina, bronchitis, tracheitis, burns and erosion of the cervix, oil will help: you will need 500 grams of fresh chopped roots and 2.5 liters of vegetable oil. The components connect and insist 30 days. After the expiration of the oil is filtered and consumed orally 10 grams 3 times a day. Oil can be rubbed into the skin with inflammation.
- Inflammatory skin treatment lotion: mix 25 grams of chamomile, string and echinacea. Pour the grass with alcohol and leave for 2 weeks to insist. Wipe the affected skin with the finished lotion, then rinse with soapy water.
Before treatment, be sure to visit a doctor, since a medicinal plant has contraindications: pregnancy, multiple sclerosis, leukemia, allergies, mental instability, tuberculosis.