Echinacea Medicinal Uses for Blood Poisoning Fever Malaria

 Echinacea is one of the most popular herbs in America today. Echinacea is a Native American medicinal plant named for the prickly scales in its large conical seed head, which resembles the spines of an angry hedgehog (echinos is Greek for hedgehog).

Archaeologists have found evidence that Native Americans may have used echinacea for more than 400 years to treat infections and wounds, and as a general "cure-all." Throughout history people have used echinacea to treat scarlet fever, syphilis, malaria, blood poisoning, and diphtheria.

For people with eczema, an inflammation of the skin, cream containing echinacea extract may help. Early studies showed that daily use of echinacea cream helped soothe irritation caused by eczema and helped build up the protective outer layer of skin.

Medicinal Uses 

• Relieving swollen gums
• Soothing a sore throat
• Reducing skin inflammation
• Treating stomach problems
• Reducing acne 
• Treating upper respiratory infections
• Easing cold and flu symptoms
• Promoting healing in slow-healing wounds
• Reducing inflammation and pain in knee osteoarthritis, a joint disease

You can take echinacea in many forms. You can use it to make tea, take it as a supplement or herbs, or apply creams with echinacea to your body. 

How to make echinacea tea

To make echinacea tea, you can use dried or fresh echinacea roots, leaves, or flowers. 

• Boil water for 5 minutes.
• Add 1 gram of dried or fresh echinacea roots, leaves, or flowers to a paper dip bag.
• Put the tea bag in a cup of boiling water and let it brew for 5 minutes. 
• Remove the paper bag, and drink the tea when you’re ready. 

Echinacea tinctures

Echinacea tinctures are liquid medicines made by soaking echinacea in alcohol. This process extracts many compounds from the plant, each with unique properties.

Echinacea may help with skin health, infection symptoms, and anxiety and depression, among other benefits. You can take the fresh or dried plant as a tea, supplement, juice, or tincture. 

In Native American culture, the purple coneflower was used to treat poisonous bites and stings, toothaches, reduce inflammation, sore throat, colds, and so much more. In a way, this botanical miracle was used as a cure-all and was used to treat ailments more than any other medicinal plant.

How do you prepare echinacea for medicinal use?

Dry your plants by either hanging the whole plant, OR removing the petals and leaves and then laying them flat to dry in a cool dark place. Once dry, gather the petals and leaves and gently cut or crush into minced-size pieces. Assemble in a tea infuser and then add hot water when ready.

How to make echinacea tincture?

Directions

1. Rinse the echinacea plant.
2. Roughly chop the entire echinacea plant (roots, stems, flower buds).
3. Place chopped echinacea into your glass container and cover with vodka. ...
4. Let tincture sit in a cool dark place out of reach of kids!

Medicinal Flowers Lavender NASTURTIUM CALENDULA

 

Lavander

Aromatherapists use lavender in inhalation therapy to treat headaches, nervous disorders, and exhaustion. Herbalists treat skin ailments, such as fungal infections (like candidiasis), wounds, eczema, and acne, with lavender oil. It is also used in a healing bath for joint and muscle pain.

SOAP RECIPE:

Lavender & Oats 🌾🪻

- 500g soap base

- 2 tbsp oats

- 20 drops of lavender essential oil

- 2 tbsp dry lavender flowers

Instructions: 🥣🫧

- Melt your soap base in a double boiler.

- If using shea butter, ensure it’s grated, not chopped, as it takes longer to melt than the soap base.

- If using powder, first mix it thoroughly with an oil to eliminate clumps, then add it to the melted soap.

- Once melted, turn off the heat, then add your oils and the remaining ingredients.

- Note: Any extra ingredient you add or change can make the mixture harder, less oily, or solidify faster.

- Mix well and pour into the silicone mold.

- Let it solidify, then store in an airtight container.

CALENDULA SKIN SALVE:

The dried petals of the calendula plant are used in tinctures, ointments, and washes to treat burns, bruises, and cuts, as well as the minor infections they cause. Calendula also has been shown to help prevent dermatitis or skin inflammation in people with breast cancer during radiation therapy.

- Sun dry your fresh calendula for about 5-7 days

- infuse your favourite oil with dry calendula for 30 days (I used olive oil)

- In the top part of a double boiler, add 1 cup of your calendula oil and roughly 3 x tbsp soy wax or bees wax. You can also add any essential oil but I prefer to keep it as natural as possible.

- Add water to the bottom section of the double boiler so you can melt but not burn the mixture.

- While still hot, carefully pour the mix in your containers and leave it to cool down until completely cold.

- Apply a thin layer to your skin and enjoy the benefits of this incredible skin salve 🙏🏻

NASTURTIUM:

People take nasturtium in combination with other herbs for urinary tract infections (UTIs), swollen airways, cough, and bronchitis. Nasturtium is sometimes applied directly to the skin in combination with other herbs for mild muscular pain.

NASTURTIUM LEAVES VELLUTATA:

- 15/20 x nasturtium leaves

- Any vegetables you like

- 3 x Tbsp oat cream

- Olive oil

- Optional: old bread crutons

*keep some flowers to decorate the dish

NASTURTIUM FLOWERS BUTTER:

- 250 g x plant based butter

- 1 x handfuls flowers

- Salt & pepper

NASTURTIUM SEEDS SALT:

- 50 g x nasturtium seeds

- 100/150 g x corse salt

*dehydrate both, grind in a mortar and enjoy!