Yerba Santa Herb C/S (Mexico)
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Botanical Name: Eriodictyon glutinosum
Yerba santa is an herb. The leaf is used to make medicine.
Yerba santa is used for respiratory conditions including coughs, colds, tuberculosis, asthma, and chronic bronchitis. It is also used for fever and dry mouth. Some people use it to relieve muscle spasms, to loosen phlegm, and as a tonic.
Yerba santa is sometimes applied directly to the skin in a warm dressing (poultice) to treat bruises, sprains, wounds, insect bites, and to relieve joint pain (rheumatism).
In foods and beverages, an extract of yerba santa is used as a flavoring.
In the manufacturing of medications, yerba santa is used to mask the bitter taste of certain drugs.
Yerba santa contains chemicals that are thought to loosen mucus in the chest and may increase urination.
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Botanical Name: Eriodictyon glutinosum
• Coughs, colds
• Asthma, bronchitis
• Loosening mucus
• Spasms
• Bruises, sprains when put on skin