Blue Vervain

History:

Blue Vervain is an erect, tall and elegant perennial that bears opposite, lance-shaped leaves on top with lobed, hastate leaves below (meaning shaped like an arrowhead and giving credence to the herb's botanical specific, hastata). The stem of the plant also bears dense spikes of small, purplish-blue flowers and is indigenous to North America (as opposed to Verbena officinalis, or the Vervain that is native to the Mediterranean region and introduced to the United States). Blue Vervain may be found along roadsides in dry, grassy fields, flowering from June to September, and it thrives in well-drained soil in sun, reaching a height of three to four feet. The woody, fibrous and faintly odorous root is used in herbal therapy. It is bitter, somewhat astringent with an unpleasant taste, but much stronger than the leaves, which are sometimes also used, but are less active. Both varieties of Vervain have been used in herbal therapies for centuries, and Blue (American) Vervain was very popular with Native Americans as a female tonic. In addition they employed it for colds, fevers, lung and bowel complaints (the Cherokees utilized it for dysentery and diarrhea), and many of these uses have been echoes by the herb's modern herbal applications.

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Recommended Dosage:
Take one (1) capsule, one (1) to two (2) times each day with water at mealtimes.

Contraindications:
Blue Vervain Herbal Supplement should not be used during pregnancy, as it may be a uterine stimulant. Overuse (many times the recommended dosage) may cause vomiting, but small doses are thought to relieve gastric irritation.

Capsule Information:
Our Blue Vervain supplements are encapsulated in 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose, Certified Kosher, size "00" Capsules.(click here for size comparison) Each capsule contains approximately 600 mgs.

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