After watching the state of things. Echinacea Purpurea * Purple Rudbeckia. Prefers rocky, disturbed soils– (souls). Used at length by Native Americans for more ailments than any other plant: herbal smudge, smoke, the leaf or root. Supporting, depurative– purifying for situations, swellings. Or distemper**– an infectious disease, a deranged condition of mind or body, a …