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From the Book: Veterinary Medicine & Small Animal Clinician, p. 110. 1915
In bites from snakes and stings of poisonous insects, echinacea applied locally and administered internally is highly effective in overcoming the influence of the poisons injected at the seat of injury. This use of the drug is one which dates back to the early days of the history of medicine in this country and has been handed down from the Indians of the northwest who made extensive use of echinacea for this purpose.
Echinacea angustifolia was used as an analgesic by the Cheyenne, the Dakota, the Fox, and the Winnebago (Moerman 1986). Purple coneflower is used as an antidote for poisonous conditions, snake bite, and other poisonous bites by the Winnebago, Ponca, Pawnee, Omaha, Dakota, and by most Montana tribes (Gilmore 1977).
Use: I use this tincture as a blood cleanser of poison and infection.
As a snake bite remedy, use it internally and externally as a poultice.
