Echinacea Tea – Harvesting Echinacea for Tea

Harvesting echinacea for tea is very easy. In this video, you'll learn how to harvest echinacea to make echinacea tea. We've enjoyed growing and making echinacea tea for years. Echinacea tea has many health and immune system benefits, and the flowers are beautiful as well! The Echinacea plant is actually a part of the daisy family. The Echinacea plant is also known as a coneflower, and grows primarily in the central and eastern parts of North America. Echinacea is a drought-tolerant perennial plant and can grow up to 4 feet high. Blooming early to late summer, the large flowers are beautiful as an ornamental as well as a healthy supplement. Suggested Health Benefits of Echinacea ● Treats and helps to prevent the common cold ● Treats coughs and sore throats ● Headaches ● Mild pain medication ● Cancer – Homeopathic therapists claim echinacea helps to relieve chemotherapy side effects Health benefits of Echinacea and its extracts in any form have yet to be substantiated by scientific research. However, the personal testimony and tradition of thousands of North American Native peoples, for many centuries does suggest there are truly health benefits from taking echinacea products. Be sure to check back for part 2! Thanks for watching! Hillbilly Jilly ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Welcome to North Texas Vegetable Gardening and Cooking with Hillbilly Jilly. Here you’ll find guides, tips and information on #vegetable #gardening, #cooking, #canning and long-term food storage. I show you how to prepare classic comfort #food #recipes along with new recipes proven to satisfy and delight. You’ll learn how I grow all organic heirloom vegetables from seed to harvest to preparation, free of pesticides. Grown as nature intended in my Texas #garden. #Home DIY projects, spring and fall vegetable gardening in north Texas, garden planning tips and information of all sorts are being added every week to help #people succeed as gardeners, learn to #cook and add new recipes to their cookbooks! Learn about canning your vegetable garden harvest. We show you how to pickle jalapeno peppers, make hamburger dill pickles and much more. I also go over in detail, how to save your seeds for next year’s garden; save and preserve your cumber, squash, zucchini, cantaloupe. I hope you enjoy my videos - I try to bring you useful #life tips and how to guides on all things gardening and cooking. Please feel free to leave a comment, subscribe #today, and thank you for dropping in! Hillbilly Jilly Thanks for watching and subscribe to get new recipes and vegetable gardening tips! https://goo.gl/jenazW View our most recent updates and how to videos: https://goo.gl/pH6HUi YouTube: https://goo.gl/b48Kpr Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/_hillbillyjilly Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thehillbillyjilly/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/100710499962986368171 Blogger: https://northtexasvegetablegardening.blogspot.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/HillBilly-Jilly/100017829272885 Livejournal: https://www.hillbillyjilly.livejournal.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehillbillyjilly Tumblr: https://hillbillyjilly.tumblr.com Website: http://www.hillbillyjilly.com