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| | Echinacea (purpurea and angustifolia) |
 | | Echinacea, a member of the Asteraceae family, is also known by the names Kansas Snake Root, Purple Coneflower, Coneflower, Sampson Root, Black Sampson, Red Sunflower, and Rudbeckia. |
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http://www.viableherbalsolutions.com/feature/features.htm
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| | coffee - Columbia Encyclopedia article about coffee |
| | Coffee flavored with chicory chicory (chĭk`ərē) or succory (sŭk`ərē), Mediterannean herb (Cichorium intybus) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), naturalized in North America, where the tall stalks of usually blue flowers are common along waysides and are known as blue-sailors. | | | Connoisseurs pay dearly for Mocha from the Yemen region of Arabia, Blue Mountain from Jamaica, Kona from Hawaii, or other so-called specialty coffees from Africa, Indonesia, or Latin America—all premium arabica varieties. | | | Café au lait, coffee mixed with scalded milk, is a traditional French breakfast drink, as is café con leche in countries where Spanish is spoken. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/coffee
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| | Headache Treatments by Native Peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon |
| | (Asteraceae), that are purported to be of prophylactic value in headache management (Johnson et al., 1985), and its supposed active ingredient, parthenolide, could be examined for antagonistic activity on serotonin type 2 receptors. | | | Finally, the search could be broadened further to include screening of arthropod and marine organisms, both flora and fauna, as a method of "chemical prospecting". |
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http://manu.montana.com/paper.html
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| | Holistic Health Encyclopedia - E |
| | Is one of the most exciting therapeutic herbs available today, a unique herb related to the sunflower (Asteraceae) plant family. | | | Echinacea has been widely used by Native Americans, particularly the Plains Indians, for hundreds of years as an antiseptic, an analgesic (pain killer) and for the treatment of snakebites. | | | He also associated these meridians exactly with the corresponding organs while developing a measuring system that clearly indicates the degree of an organ's inflammation. |
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http://www.myholistic.com/glossary/E.php3
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