Echicacea • Echinacea Purpurea
Supporting Breast Health by Building Immunity
Echinacea is an important herb for breast health. While it’s synonymous with colds, flus it’s a powerful for building immunity and helping to maintain and create healthy breasts. It is known as one of the best detoxifying herbs in western herbalism. When we’re dealing with any health imbalances our immune system is usually in a weakened state. As we find and use specific remedies for our dis-ease, it’s also important to strengthen the immune system. It is our first line of defence against viruses, bacteria, fungi, toxins, and foreign bodies.
Eating well, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy lymphatic, reducing stress, getting quality sleep are all ways that help keep our immune systems strong and healthy. Adding herbal supplementation can also give your body that boost it needs and echinacea is a great herb to start with.
Benefits
Increases white blood cell production
Increases macrophage activity
Enhances production and use of interferons
Anti-infection
Reduces side effects of chemotherapy
Counters all infections, even antibiotic-resistant one
Shortens the duration and severity of colds and flus (if taken early enough)
Breast Health Benefits
Anti-tumor
Anti-cancer
Anti-infection
Enhances immune system
Relieves pain and swelling
Great for mastitis
“Echinacea and poke root combine to counter breast infections quickly and dramatically.” S.Weed
“Superb complimentary medicine for women choosing surgery or chemotherapy.” S. Weed
Synergy
Works well with cleavers, burdock and poke
Energetics
Echinacea stands for transition, supporting a new way of being.
Use
The root is what’s used.
Can be taken as a tea or tincture
Up to 6 months of daily use, but many herbalists recommend taking a break after 2 weeks.
Dried root infusion: 2 cups/500ml daily dose
Fresh or dried root tincture: a dose equals 1 drop for every 2 pounds/1kilo of body weight
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