How to take Echinacea

Echinacea is a medicinal plant that is famous for its immunomodulatory properties. Apply it from various diseases in the form of decoctions, herbal teas, outdoor skimming. Pharmaceutical firms use flowers, leaves and roots for the production of tinctures, tablets, medical cosmetics. How to accept Echinacea, in what form and under what diseases - we will tell you in detail in our article.

Echinacea has a unique composition. It contains natural substances that are biologically active: essential oils, polysaccharides, resins, organic and phenol acids, tanning substances. In addition, the plant includes a whole complex of minerals and vitamins. In the roots of Echinacea, glucose, inulin, phenolcarboxylic acids, resins and essential oils were found. Thanks to this healing composition, the plant has an immunostimulating property, copes with fungal infections, viruses, allergies. Echinacea is taken with the following diseases:

cold and flu;
tonsil;
otitis;
kidney diseases;
diabetes;
intestinal infections;
stomatitis;
poisoning with heavy metals;
during antibacterial and chemotherapy;
with skin diseases: herpes, dermatosis, eczema, burns;
diseases of the reproductive system of women: inflammatory processes, ovarian cysts, disorders of the menstrual cycle.

A tincture of Echinacea can be purchased at the pharmacy or prepare themselves. To do this, you need a glass of dry grass to pour 1 liter of vodka and insist for 3 weeks, periodically shaking the composition. Take the infusion, depending on the health problem:

With a cold, spread 15 drops of echinacea alcohol solution in a spoon of water. Check in half an hour before eating three times a day. For the prevention of ARVI, take a one-time dose consisting of 30 drops.
When problems with the gastrointestinal tract or urogenital system, you need to drink 40 drops, and after 2 another 20 more. The next day take 20 drops three times a day.
By dissolving 40 drops of tincture in 100 ml of saline, it is possible to carry out the nasal washing procedure, rinse the throat, apply compresses or perform wipes in dermatological diseases.

In pharmacies, it is easy to find tablets containing Echinacea Juice. For example, " Echinacea–Ratiopharm», « Forever», « Echinacea: pills for souring», « Immunal», « Estylan" other. Such medicines are meant most often for the treatment and prevention of ORZ, influenza, bronchitis. Most of these drugs are contraindicated to children under 12, pregnant women and nursing mothers. Echinacea tablets must be taken according to the instructions. Typically assigned to receive 1 tablet twice a day during the week. There is a number of side effects in the form of allergic reactions, dizziness, reduction of blood pressure.

For children, pharmacological companies also produce various drugs, which include Echinacea. There are as lollipops, tablets, syrup, tincture. For children over 12 years old will suit any " adults»Medicines based on medicinal plant. You only need to take into account the dosage for this age category. It is indicated in the instructions for the drug. Doctors converge that children under 5 years old to give Echinacea undesirable. However, the manufacturer of tincture " Immunal"It claims that his drug can be consumed even one year old kids. In the instructions for this drug it is indicated that 1-6 years old can be given 1 ml of the solution three times a day, children 7-12 years old can take up to 1.5 ml three times a day. Pre-tincture you need to dilute in a spoonful of purified water. Pediatricians advise the masses of 5-7-year-old children to insist the violed. To do this, in the pharmacy buy dry grass or finished herbal fees with echinacea and brew according to the instructions on the package. Do not self-medicate - the medicinal grass has a number of side reactions. Confers before taking drugs with a pediatrician.

Echinacea in folk medicine is widely used. There are many recipes based on therapeutic plant from a wide variety of diseases:

During the problems of the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory tract, the tincture of echinacea based on oil is helped. For its manufacture, half a glass of crushed roots of the plant fill 0.5 liters of sunflower oil. Insist within a month. Take 1 teaspoon three times a day.
Echinacea juice helps to cope with acne, pigment stains, rejuvenates and vitamins the skin. For the preparation of juice fresh leaves of the plant overfeed through a sieve or a meat grinder. Then Press Cashitz with gauze - therapeutic juice is ready! Wipe the skin with a cotton swab dipped in juice, in the morning and before bedtime.
The decoction helps with a cold. Prepare it is easy - 2 ppm Dry herb Echinacea Fill 400 g of boiling water. Insist in the thermos 40 minutes. Take 100 ml half an hour before eating three times a day.

As with all medicinal plants, with Echinacea, you need to be careful in use. Wrong collection, storage, use can lead to poisoning, violations of exchange processes and many other complications. Take medicines according to the instructions or consult your phytotherapist.