Echinacea seems to be a popular herb among medical and spiritual herbalists, but please be aware that it is also endangered from overharvesting from it's wild habitat!
If you want to use echinacea in your practice, either magical or clinical, please only purchase cultivated resources!
United Plant Savers recomments:
- Use only cultivated resources.
- Possible alternatives include marsh mallow, boneset, and astragalus. Spilanthes nicely replaces the herb’s antibacterial, antiviral, immunostimulating, and antifungal effects. Burdock is antibacterial for bacteria classified as gram-positive, and thyme has antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties; both of these herbs are also good alternatives.