Echinacea Mix Tincture

ECHINACEA MIX (Echinacea angustifolia & Echinacea purpurea) Now here is confusion! Some sources claim that angustifolia has been shown in studies to be the strongest medicinally of these two plants, while other sources claim that purpurea is “arguably the most extensively studied of all species of Echinacea.” Traditional native American Indian uses are cited for both of these plants, and the properties touted are very much the same one to another. I live in Idaho in the heart of Shoshone, Bannock, and Blackfoot tribal country, and I have never come across the angustifolia variety in my area although the purpurea variety is plentiful. Having been unable to make a clear distinction between the two species, I have opted to put equal amounts of each in the combinations that I have designed. Given a choice of only one or the other, I would have to go with purpurea, since I believe that for the most part the herbs that grow in your area, which survive or thrive on the same things you do