Echinacea is one of those plants that has been synonymous with skin care for as long as skin care has been around. It has a laundry list of amazing health benefits from fighting the common cold to helping treat rattle snake bites, but among its most potent effects is its ability to keep your skin looking healthy and radiant. But what is in these flowering super-fauna that makes them so extremely beneficial?

The term “echinacea” doesn’t just apply to one flower, but instead a group of flowering plants in the daisy family. This group carries a great deal of substances that people have been using for medicinal purposes since the birth of medicine. Echinacea carries certain substances called phenols. Phenols are found in many plants because they are often in charge of regulating certain enzymes that protect the plant from infections or radiation damage from the sun. This process means that phenols are powerful antioxidants that, when applied to your skin, can fight free radical and UV damage to keep your skin looking healthy and vibrant.

While fighting on the front lines to keep out the most common causes of skin damage, echinacea also fights against the breakdown of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is an essential compound in your skin that helps keep out bacteria and toxins. This means that not only is echinacea an antioxidant, it is also antibacterial!

Amazingly enough, these are just the cursory benefits that echinacea has on your skin. The real show stopper that makes echinacea and skincare go together like a bubble bath and Marvin Gaye (his music, not necessarily the man himself) is the combination of glycoprotiens and polysaccharides that are both found in this miracle plant genus. Glycoprotiens, especially when paired with saccharides of any kind, play a very important role in the communication between skin cells so they are very effective at keeping your skin’s structure in tact. This is the reason that echinacea is commonly used to fight against existing wrinkles!

If you’re in a pinch and don’t have Web MD to look up an ailment, chances are echinacea can’t hurt, especially when it comes to skin problems. Sunburn? Echinacea. Eczema? Echinacea. Cold sore? A hard look at your recent past, then echinacea. Regardless of your skin problems you can trust the amazing ingredients in echinacea to keep your skin as beautiful and vibrant as it ever was. For solid proof of its effectiveness, try the many incredible echinacea-infused products from Lira Clinical today!