![]() One of the benefits of garden grown is that you can control all of the growing conditions (except what Mother Nature throws at us), so we may have bigger, healthier plants than what are growing in poor soils or uncertain climate conditions in the wild. Some species need to be planted in our gardens cause they don't grow in our individual areas as wild plants. Some plants shouldn't be harvested in the wild due to endangered habitats and so should be encouraged in our gardens. French Tarragon has a much different flavour than its wild relative that grows here in my area. Valerian is one and many of the kitchen herbs are also preferred over wild species. If you can find a materia medica on each one individually, and then compare what you feel the effects of your preparation are, with the individual effects of each plant you may be able to determine if it is an effective It has been part of my teachings that wild plants are preferable, however, there are some that have been grown as garden plants for so long that they have become preferred over their wild relatives. So I would continue on with your experiment, keeping detailed records. I have never used Rudbeckia as a medicine as it doesn't grow in my area, except as a planted garden species. I think it is a species that deserves more attention and we should be doing more research into it as a medicinal herb. Echinaceae was originally classified as belonging to the Rudbeckia genus so you get a lot of that when you try to find out info on using the two plants together. Not saying that isn't useful info, but it is nice to have studies to back it up. Rudbeckia itself is not well studied, with a lot of the info coming from folk use or traditional indigenous uses. ![]() I have never heard of using the two together, however, that doesn't mean that its not a good idea. I have been searching for info on a combination of Echinaceae and Rudbeckia without any results.
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