Has been used traditionally in North America and Europe for immune support and it has become a very popular herbal medicine globally. This herb is considered to be the most effective detox agent in Western herbal medicine for the circulatory, lymphatic and respiratory systems.

The three active constituents alkamides, chicoric acid and polysaccharides, has been used as an herbal remedy to strengthen the immune system and to overcome conditions of damaged or suppressed immunity.

Echinacea displays multiple immune-modulatory activities, comprising stimulation of certain immune functions such as phagocytic activity and suppression of the pro inflammatory responses to the body.