Echinacea angustifolia
Remedy of blood poisoning, septic conditions, and immune support. Tired, aching, chilly. Corrector of blood dyscrasia. Snake bites, insect stings, infected wounds. Boils, carbuncles, abscesses that tend to become septic.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae), including root.
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Keynote Symptoms
Blood poisoning and septic states — the great immune-support remedy. Recurring boils, carbuncles, abscesses. Gangrene. Tired, aching feeling throughout the body. Chilliness. Foul discharges. Snake bites, insect bites and stings with rapid spreading infection. Lymphangitis. Appendicitis.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Confused, dull. Cannot think. Depressed. Cross, irritable during infection.
General Symptoms
Septic states with aching and chilliness. Worse from cold, after exertion, eating. Better from rest, lying down.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Dull heavy headache. Brain feels heavy. Vertigo with dimness of vision.
Mouth
Tongue dry, numb, tingling. Canker sores. Foul taste and breath.
Throat
Tonsils dark red, swollen, ulcerated. Diphtheria with fetid breath.
Stomach
Nausea, vomiting during fever. Sour eructations.
Abdomen
Appendicitis. Right iliac fossa pain and tenderness. Peritonitis.
Extremities
Aching in limbs. Tired. Joints sore.
Skin
Boils, carbuncles, abscesses — recurring, septic. Gangrene. Lymphangitis — red streaks from wound. Insect bites that become infected. Cellulitis. Ulcers with foul discharge.
Fever / Chill / Perspiration
Chilliness with aching. Septic fever. Cold extremities.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, lying down
Worse From
Cold, after exertion, eating, evening
Constitutional Type
Not primarily constitutional. Used for acute septic states and immune support. Those prone to recurring infections, boils, sepsis.
Clinical Indications
Septicemia, blood poisoning, recurring boils, snake bites, insect stings, infected wounds, appendicitis, diphtheria, immune support, gangrene, lymphangitis
Comparative Materia Medica
Pyrogenium also suits septic states but with more pulse-temperature dissociation and bed feeling hard. Baptisia has sepsis with more prostration and confusion. Arsenicum album has septic fevers but with more restlessness and anxiety.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Echinacea is widely used as an herbal supplement. Non-toxic in normal doses. Allergic reactions in Asteraceae-sensitive individuals. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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