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A plant that we take in times of epidemics such as influenza virus to stay in the news ... Or gastrointestinal ... etc., etc. ... So far it has proven to us, (I cross my fingers that it lasts ...) so suddenly, I share the pipe ...
The Echinacea rhizome was used by the Plains Indians of America North, perhaps more than any other plant in the development of medicines. In the thirties, Echinacea was popular both in Europe and the United States as a folk medicine. Echinacea was given the ability to strengthen the defenses of the body's immune system and help prevent infection. Next the species used, medicinal beverages can be prepared from the stem and flower, or root.
Dosage Echinacea
Increasingly, therapists recommend a "loading dose" during the first day of treatment, the equivalent of 1 gd'échinacée every 2 hours. Reduce the dosage as soon as there improvement and further treatment until symptoms subside.
It is important to take echinacea at the first sign of an upper respiratory infection (colds, sinusitis, laryngitis, etc.)..
• Infusion: Infuse
, 10 minutes, 1 g of roots or dried aerial parts in 1 cup boiling water. Drink from January to June cups per day. • In
decoction
Boil for 5 to 10 minutes, 1 g of roots of Echinacea in a cup of water. Take up to 3 cups per day. • In
capsules:
For capsules containing only powdered roots or shoots, it is recommended to take the equivalent of 1 g, 3 times per day. • In
tincture (1:5):
Take 3 ml, 4 ml, 3 times per day. Kept in the mouth a few seconds before swallowing.
juice fresh or stabilized. (Aerial parts of E.. Purpurea). Take 1.5 ml to 3 ml, 3 times per day.
Echinacea is it useful in preventing infections breathing?
Despite the contradictory results of research, a lot of people use echinacea to prevent colds and flu. It seems that his long-term efficiency decreases because of a phenomenon of tolerance. According to studies, the efficacy of echinacea decreases after about three months and users thereafter contract more colds than those in the placebo group. This could be explained in two ways:
- a tolerance effect: the body gets used to the effect of echinacea and a greater dose becomes necessary to maintain the same efficiency. Narcotics and other therapeutic substances cause of tolerance and require increasing doses gradually to cause the same effect.
- a sort of overstimulation of the immune system and cause a burnout, and thus increased the sensitivity of the individual to infections.
Under these two assumptions, which are based on mechanisms of action of echinacea, it would suffice to provide so-called "drug holidays". For example, a dose of echinacea daily except on weekends, when the risk of contagion by "promiscuous" are smaller. We can also take only 3 weeks per month. Thus, the organization has a grace period allowing him to lose his tolerance or rest of "overstimulation".
For prevention, most authors recommend not to take one dose per day (equivalent to 1 g of plant). For a therapeutic effect, it recommends 3 doses per day.
Contraindications:
Commission E, the ESCOP and WHO recommend avoiding Echinacea if systemic disease such as AIDS and tuberculosis, and autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis, connective tissue disease, lupus, etc..) because of the possible effect of the plant on the immune system. This recommendation is not based on study results, but on a theoretical extrapolation.
Based on recent analysis of active ingredients and the bioavailability of echinacea, Kerry Bone, an Australian expert, sees not only the limitations listed in the Commission E Monographs are not justified, but addition, people with autoimmune diseases such as arthritis and lupus may benefit from the normalizing effect of echinacea. According to Kerry Bone and Mark Blumenthal (Director of the American Botanical Council), the use of echinacea-cons would not be indicated in cases of HIV infection. However, it is important that patients understand that this plant does not treat HIV.
Commission E and ESCOP recommend not take echinacea for more than 8 weeks. In fact, experts believe that if you stimulate the immune system so extended, it could be exhausted or become tolerant to the stimulation, which could make it less effective to a virus. A recent Québec research casts doubt on this hypothesis, the immune system of mice treated with echinacea for their entire existence was more resistant than control mice.
Side effects: Rarely
: mild gastrointestinal disturbances, allergic reactions, dizziness, nausea.
may experience mild tingling on the tip of the tongue due to the anesthetic effect of echinacea or simply because the plant is often dissolved in alcohol.
Interactions:
• With plants or supplements: None known. • With
drugs:
If autoimmune diseases and following a transplant or a transplant, patients receive drugs that have the effect of suppressing the immune system. Theoretically, echinacea could counter the effect of these immunosuppressive drugs (cyclosporine, corticosteroids, for example).
Some drugs are metabolized by CYP450 3A4 enzyme. However, an in vitro research has shown that echinacea could slightly inhibit this enzyme and, consequently, increase the concentration of these drugs in the body (eg, lovastatin, ketoconazole, itraconazole and triazolam). U.S. researchers have recently scrutinized the available data they concluded in a summary released in July 2008 that this potential interaction is not a risk to consumers échinacée34.
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