Common Name

Standardized: yerba santa

Botanical Name

Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr.

Plant Family: Hydrophyllaceae

Overview

Yerba santa is a sticky-leafed evergreen native to the southwestern United States. Unlike many other astringent herbs, yerba santa actually has a pleasant taste. It is used as a food flavoring and as an additive to herbal syrups to disguise the taste of other ingredients. It was given its name ("holy weed") by Spanish priests impressed with its properties.

Parts Used

Dried leaves.

Typical Preparations
Can be used as a tea, but must be allowed to steep for at least half an hour to dissolve the resins. More often used as an alcohol tincture.

Medicinal Action and Uses---Expectorant and sedative, with an action resembling atropine. It has been recommended in cystitis and catarrh of the bladder, but its principal use is in bronchial catarrh, especially when there is any asthmatic tendency. It relieves dyspnoea due to heart disease, has been successfully employed in whooping cough, and as a local application in rhus poisoning, burns, genito-urinary catarrh, etc. As its active principle is excreted from the kidneys, it sometimes produces signs of renal irritation; in chronic catarrh of the bladder it stimulates the mucous membrane.

Specific: No known precautions.

General: We recommend that you consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, or on any medications.

For More Information:

https://medicinalherbals.net/yerba-santa-eriodictyon-californicum/

Greetings,

November always brings into being the holiday season officially, and we at Caer & Dee's always try to bring you the natural gifts for your loved ones.

This Holiday Season we are bringing back "Build your own Gift Basket" so you can give to your loved ones those special natural gifts of the season.

We have also marked down some of the jewelry items for those nicer gift items.

Don't forget our Marked down discontinued section of 50-75% off items.

New this fall

Hemp Seed, We have been ask if we carry it, and now we can say its here! Also the Equinox Elderberry Syrup Plus is back in stock

We hope to see you soon,

Until next month
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Yerba Santa Tea Recipe

Ingredients
    8 oz   boiling water in a mug
    1 tsp
    level (no more) yerba santa

honey to tase (very nice taste on its own)

How to Make Yerba Santa tea

Add Yerba Santa to a mug of boiling water and let steep 30 minutes and sip until gone.

The Tongva call it Huherhetchut. They boil the leaves into a strong tea to relieve
coughs and sore throats. The same preparation also serves for stomachaches
and diarrhea, as well as a tonic or blood purifier.

For rheumatism, the Tongva make a liniment from leaves and stems. They also
use fresh leaves to produce a poultice, which they apply on the skin for sores,
insect bites, and the rash from poison oak.

The Tongva also use the plant for non-medicinal purposes. They make a mild
weak tea from dried leaves to obtain a refreshing drink. The leaves are chewed
as a thirst quencher. The Tongva also smoke the dried leaves as tobacco and
hang branches in the sweathouses for general purification.* I've also made this pumpkin gingerbread using gluten-free flour from King Arthur. Turned out great!

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