According to US reports, echinacea is one of the top ten best-selling natural medicinal plants in the US market. Echinacea purpurea extract can effectively prevent and treat various chronic and acute infections caused by any type of bacteria or viruses, especially when administered before or early onset. In the treatment of severe or critical illness, echinacea can be used as an supportive medicine.
For example, in Europe, echinacea is currently used as an adjuvant drug for chemotherapy of cancer patients. According to research, echinacea also has a strong boosting effect on the human immune system, including:
increasing the activity and number of various immune cells, such as white blood cells, T4 helper cells and spleen cells;
stimulating immune cells to secrete tumor necrosis factor and other immune factors .
Therefore, Echinacea can strengthen the body's resistance to various invading pathogens or toxins.
Echinacea and its preparations are widely used to treat common colds, coughs, bronchitis, tonsillitis, abdominal pain, toothache, upper respiratory tract infections, viral infections, skin infections and chronic diseases caused by immune deficiency.
It is worth noting that echinacea has radiation protection. It can effectively promote the bone marrow to produce white blood cells, thereby protecting the human immune system from X-ray or radiotherapy radiation. It is also expected to become a very promising anticancer drug. It is currently being studied to apply to AIDS.
1. Anti-inflammatory and prevention of upper respiratory tract infection
Experiments have shown that Echinacea can relieve the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection and the early symptoms of colds, and can shorten the course of the disease, especially for the early symptoms. At present, many American family doctors recommend that patients use echinacea to prevent upper respiratory tract infections and other inflammations, and point out that for healthy young people in the early stages of a cold, echinacea may be a reasonable choice, even better than antibiotics.
A retrospective study of 1280 children with bronchitis showed that treatment with echinacea juice can speed up the healing process than treatment with antibiotics. This is mainly because bronchitis is mostly a viral infection and antibiotics can't help it, but echinacea preparations can stimulate non-specificity The defense system attacks cells infected by viruses.
In Germany in 1982, there were as many as 300 types of echinacea single preparations and compound preparations, and they were widely used to treat acute and chronic respiratory infections caused by viruses or bacteria; assist various antibiotics to treat various serious bacterial infections.
2. As an immunomodulator and immune booster
Echinacea plants are mainly used to treat and prevent diseases by activating different immune cells to improve the function of the body's own immune system. In Germany, echinacea preparations were listed in the 2000 most commonly used prescriptions in 1989, ranking 131st. Echinacea is currently known as an immune enhancer in the world.
In human medicine, echinacea is widely used to treat various infectious diseases and immune diseases such as bronchial asthma, genital herpes, cancer and AIDS. Echinacea purpurea extract can increase the phagocytosis of alveolar macrophages to pathogens and increase the body’s resistance. At the same time, it can produce a variety of cytokines, such as IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α and cytotoxins, to control their own activity and The activity of other immune cells.
Echinacea plants are mainly used to treat and prevent diseases by activating different immune cells to improve the function of the body's own immune system. In Germany, echinacea preparations were listed in the 2000 most commonly used prescriptions in 1989, ranking 131st. Echinacea is currently known as an immune enhancer in the world.
In human medicine, echinacea is widely used to treat various infectious diseases and immune diseases such as bronchial asthma, genital herpes, cancer and AIDS. Echinacea can increase the phagocytosis of alveolar macrophages to pathogens and increase the body’s resistance. At the same time, it can produce a variety of cytokines, such as IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α and cytotoxins, to control their own activity and The activity of other immune cells.
In veterinary medicine, related experiments have shown that feeding horses with echinacea can increase the phagocytic ability of neutrophils and the number of peripheral lymphocytes, and effectively stimulate the immunity of horses. Plant extracts act tonic for horses. It can increase the number of hemoglobin, the number of red blood cells and some physiological and training indicators. Feeding chickens with echinacea root products as feed additives can significantly increase the weight of the experimental group and reduce the infection of coccidia.
Application of Echinacea purpurea extract
1. Application in health products:
As a dietary supplement to strengthen the immune system, fight viruses, and shorten the course of colds, products on the market include echinacea complex nutritional lozenges, echinacea drops, echinacea essence capsules, etc.
2. Animal health:
As a feed additive for poultry and livestock, it has the effect of preventing epidemic diseases, and at the same time it can enhance and improve the immunity and resistance of poultry and livestock
