Echinacea purpurea efficacy and role and contraindications

Echinacea purpurea efficacy and role and contraindications

 Echinacea purpurea originates from the Asteraceae plant, Echinacea genus. It is a dry whole plant, and its aerial parts or roots are washed and dried or dried to be used as medicine. People with wind-heat colds and allergies can take Echinacea, its main function is to disperse wind-heat, clear heat and detoxify.

1. Function: Echinacea is acrid, bitter, and cool in nature. It returns to the lung, spleen, and heart meridians, and has the effects of dispersing wind-heat, clearing away heat and detoxifying, tonifying qi and strengthening the body;

2. Efficacy: It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as aversion to cold, fever, cough, sore throat and other symptoms caused by wind-heat cold, and it can also treat heat-toxic sore (soft tissue purulent infection), redness, swelling, heat and pain, physical weakness and sickness. Compatible with Banlangen, Honeysuckle and other medicines, it can play the role of dispersing wind-heat; at the same time, it can also be compatible, such as dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, and honeysuckle, which can enhance the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, and is used for the treatment of heat poisonous sores; Astragalus, American ginseng, Acanthopanax senticosus and other medicines can be used to prevent colds;

3. Contraindications: People who are allergic to the chemical components of Echinacea should avoid using it to avoid skin itching, rashes and other allergic symptoms.

The patient can decoct the medicine or drink it directly in water. The specific dosage should be based on the severity of symptoms, age, etc., and according to TCM syndrome differentiation, to choose the appropriate dosage to avoid adverse reactions caused by misuse.

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