Product Name: Echinacea Herb Extract
Latin Name in Botany: Echinacea purpurea
Family: Composite
Genus: Echinacea
Used Part: Entire plants

Introduction
Echinacea purpurea is the most widely used medicinal plant in the plane India area to cure cold, teeth ache, snake bite and other injuries. The American darky use the Echinacea purpurea as the substitute medicine to strengthen immunity system & serum, especially in the changeable and cold easily caught seasons. It is recommended to U.S composite medical treatment system as a good medication to heal kinds of illness, such as cold and syphilis in 1887. Modern research of this medicinal herb was started in Germany in the 1930s.
There are three kind of this plant developed as medicine at present: Echinacea purpurea , Echinacea august folia and Echinacea pallida. It is one of the most large demand medicinal herbs in the international market, which has also been cultivated in Europe nowadays. China Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai also brought in and cultivate Echinacea purpurea successfully these years.

Character
Brown-yellow powder in original.

Available Specifications
Phenolics >4.0% (UV)
Phenolics >7.0% (UV) & Cichoric acid>4.0% (HPLC)

Pharmacology Function
1. Stimulate immunity system. It is showed that Echinacea herb extract can stimulate immunity system cells (macrophage cells, killer cells and T-cells) to grow up and strengthen their vitality.
2. Prevent infection. Echinacea could increase the interferon compound, which is the important composition of the virus infect action system. Bacterium and virus prevention function by Echinacea may be the reason of immunity system stimulation and direct inhibition function.

Dosage
At the beginning of catching cold, 3-4ml Echinacea extract contained fluid or the capsule and power abstracted from 300ml fluid should be the dose on the first day for every two hours; Then three times a day from the second day to 7th-10th days.

Safety
It is almost absolutely safe take Echinacea directly. Woman on pregnant or curing should inquire their health care doctors before taking it. One week is the longest time for the kidney illness patients.

Applications
Pharmaceutical raw materials
Health care food