Echinacea

🌸 Echinacea - 5g

Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea / Echinacea angustifolia
Also Known As: Coneflower, Sampson Root, Snakeroot

Description

With its striking purple petals and spiked golden centre, Echinacea stands tall as a symbol of endurance and inner strength. Native to North America and revered by Indigenous healers, it was traditionally used to ward off infection and renew vitality. In both medicine and magic, Echinacea empowers the immune system — physical, emotional, and spiritual.

Magical Properties

Echinacea is a herb of protection, empowerment, and amplified intent. Its energy strengthens magical workings, boosts spell potency, and shields against psychic or energetic drain. In rituals, Echinacea embodies stamina — helping practitioners stand firm through challenges and transformation.

• Element: Fire & Earth

• Planetary Correspondence: Mars

• Deities: Cernunnos, Sekhmet, Mars, and healing spirits of the Earth

• Uses:

  • Add to spell jars or charm bags for personal empowerment and magical strength.

  • Burn or brew in a ritual infusion to enhance the effectiveness of spells and rituals.

  • Carry the root or blossom for protection during illness or spiritual fatigue.

  • Use in prosperity or courage workings to maintain endurance and resolve.

Medicinal Properties

Echinacea is one of the most renowned immune-supporting herbs, often used to shorten or prevent colds and infections.

• Actions: Immunostimulant, antiviral, lymphatic, alterative, anti-inflammatory, vulnerary.

• Common Uses: Supports immune function, aids recovery from respiratory infections, and assists in wound healing. Often taken as a tincture or tea during times of low vitality.

• Energetics: Cooling and drying; fortifying, cleansing, and protective.

(Disclaimer: For educational purposes only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified herbal practitioner before internal use.)