Effective and exalted Echinacea, also known as Purple Coneflower, has a beautiful bedside manner! This elegant elixir has provided herbal apothecaries with robust remedies from the days of old.
Herbalists have been recommending the pretty purple flower dried or tinctured for centuries, yet only recently has the potent essential oil become available. All the aerial parts of the plant (the parts that grow above ground), are gently hydro-distilled to release the plant’s aromatic liquid. The resulting essence is rich and so thick that it is tricky to handle. We transformed this super thick Echinacea Essential Oil into a workable liquid by mixing it into two handy combinations so that Echinacea essence can work its salvation.
In this cheery apothecary, Orange brightens Echinacea and softens Ginger’s spicy edges. This terrific triple play is most effective topically when diluted before use. Echinacea 78%, Orange 21%, and Ginger 1%.
Gregarious Ginger (Zingiber officinale) plants grow underground rhizomes that are an ample source of antioxidants and anodynics to help you get on with life. It is a mainstay of traditional Eastern balancing tonics and historically one of the most trusted and important apothecary herbs. Its essential oil constituents vary by where the plant is grown, and ginger grown in the tropical lowland forest of Madagascar contains a whopping 194 plant constituents, including 6-gingerol and 6-shogaol. The rhizome harvest takes place between June and July. After drying, ginger rhizomes are steam-distilled to produce the essential oil.
Sunny sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) manifests mood-lifting molecules and potent plant powers for salient skin and soul rejuvenation. Grown in an organic grove and cold-pressed from thousands of peels of ripe Citrus sinensis, the aroma quenches memories of sunshine and freshly squeezed orange juice. It is as versatile as it is sweet!
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
Botanical Family: Asteraceae
Extraction Method: Steam
Part of Plant Distilled: Aerial parts
Country of Origin: Canada
Cultivation Method: Organic
Composition: Echinacea purpurea
Consistency: Thick
Scent Description: Enveloping aroma that comforts like a happily herbaceous hug.
Blends well with: Bergamot, Grapefruit, Kumquat, Green Lemon, Citron, Lavender, Vetiver, Chamomile, Hyssop, Rose Otto, Silver Fir, Balsam Fir, Frankincense, Black Spruce, Cardamom, Palmarosa, Ravensara, Lemongrass, Cilantro, Peppermint, and Geranium.
Key Echinacea Constituents: Germacrene D 44.6%, b-Caryophyllene 4.5%, d-Cadinene 3.4% Caryophyllene oxide 3.0%
Use
Add these beautiful blends to skin serums for revitalizing, replenishing, and moisturizing. They soothe, smooth, cleanse, and cool skin with any issue that needs some TLC. They are magnificent added to chest balms, lozenges, and culinary syrups, too. One drop in a teaspoon of honey alights and fortifies. Add to gargles or swishers to mollify troubled throats, heal and seal the gums, and balance the oral biome.
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"For twenty to twenty-five years, echinacea has been passing through the stages of critical experimentation under the observation of several thousand physicians, and its remarkable properties are receiving positive confirmation... All who use it correctly fall quickly into line as enthusiasts in its praise." Ellingwood, 1919
“Under the older classification of remedies, echinacea would probably be classified as an antiseptic and alterative. Strictly speaking, it is practically impossible to classify an agent like echinacea by applying to it one or two words to indicate its virtues. The day is rapidly approaching when these qualifying terms will have no place in medicine, for they but inadequately convey to our minds the therapeutic possibilities of our drugs." King's American Dispensatory 1898