ECHNACCEA PURPUREA
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Versatile immune system stimulant Essential to the original "Snake Oil"
(Meyer's Blood Purifier, 1870).
Echinacea root has important antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal actions
that primarily build resistance to infections.
At least 2 polysacharides in E. purpurea stimulate T-cell activity 20-30
times more than a pharmaceutical T-cell stimulator.
It has anti-tumor activities and anti-inflammatory cortisone-like effects
as well.
Echinacea is considered an expedient treatment for infectious diseases.
It protects the cell-bonding tissues in the body that protect cells from
infection.
Parthenium integrifolium is very similar and has been widely sold
by many companies as "Echinacea" during the past 50 years although it is
not in the Echinacea genus.
NSP corrected their labeling and introduced this true "Echinacea" in 1993.
To make things more confusing, Echinacea augustifolia is also sold
as "Echinacea" by some companies but it is not as effective as E. purpurea.
