Echinacea Flower Medicinal Uses. This plant also known as purple coneflower coneflower and American coneflower was used by Native Americans of the Great Plains as a traditional medicine. Dec 24 2020 At the top of that list is echinacea.
Chemists and pharmacologists became interested in Echinacea and many constituents are now known such as polysaccharides echinacoside cichoric acid ketoalkenes and alkylamides. According to Wallace Sampson its modern use for the common cold began when a Swiss herbal supplement maker was told that Echinacea was used for cold prevention by Native American tribes who lived in the area of South Dakota. Echinacea also known as coneflower is a purple flower commonly grown in North America in woods and fields.
Chemists and pharmacologists became interested in Echinacea and many constituents are now known such as polysaccharides echinacoside cichoric acid ketoalkenes and alkylamides.
This plant also known as purple coneflower coneflower and American coneflower was used by Native Americans of the Great Plains as a traditional medicine. Oct 25 2018 Echinacea also called purple coneflower is one of the most popular herbs worldwide. Several species of the echinacea plant are used to make medicine from its leaves flower and root. Echinacea angustifolia was widely used by the North American indigenous peoples as folk medicine.