What Is Echinacea Extract Good For

Echinacea extract is a product extracted from Echinacea Purpurea, E. agustifolia or E. pallida as raw materials, and it is a light yellow or yellow-green fine powder. The main components of echinacea extract include echinacea polyphenols, cichoric acid, caffeic acid, hydrocarbon amide compounds, etc., which have antibacterial, antiviral, enhance human immunity, improve cell activity and other effects, can be used to prevent diseases, treat colds, toothache, Venomous snake bites and other trauma, etc. At present, Echinacea and its extracts have been promoted and applied in many countries around the world.

Echinacea plants are mainly used to regulate and prevent diseases by activating different immune cells to improve the function of the body's own immune system. Currently, echinacea is known as an immune enhancer internationally.

In medicine, Echinacea is widely used to improve and regulate various infectious and immune diseases such as bronchial asthma, genital herpes, cancer and AIDS. Echinacea can increase the phagocytosis of alveolar macrophages to pathogens and increase the body's resistance, and at the same time can produce a variety of cytokines, such as IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α and cytotoxins, to control their own activities and the activity of other immune cells.

In veterinary medicine, relevant experiments have shown that feeding horses with Echinacea can increase the phagocytic ability of neutrophils and the number of peripheral lymphocytes, effectively stimulate the immune activity of horses, and can increase the number of hemoglobin, the number of red blood cells and some physiology and training. on the indicator. Feeding the finished product of Echinacea as a feed additive to chickens can significantly increase the body weight of the experimental group and reduce the infection of coccidia.

Application in health products:

As a dietary supplement, it strengthens the immune system, resists viruses, and shortens the course of colds. The products in the market include Echinacea Complex Nutritional Tablets, Echinacea Drops, and Echinacea Essence Capsules.

Applications in Animal Health:

As a feed additive for poultry and livestock, it can prevent epidemic diseases, and at the same time can enhance and improve the immunity and resistance of poultry and livestock.