Yerba Santa

History:

Yerba Santa is one of eight species of woolly, sticky evergreens that is native to western North America and Mexico. It is a tender shrub that bears lance-shaped, tooth-edged leaves with a resinous upper surface and a white, woolly underside and clusters of lobed, funnel-shaped, lilac-to-white flowers that bloom in summer. The plant thrives in sandy soil in dry, rocky, sunny conditions in a warm climate (minimum of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit) and may reach a height of eight feet. Its botanical genus, Eriodictyon, is derived from two Greek words, erion, meaning "wool," and dictyon, meaning "net," referring to the white hairs and vein-like surface on the under-leaves. The plant has a rich past in Mendocino County, California, where it was called a Holy Herb by the Spanish missionaries, who learned of its therapeutic qualities from the Native Americans. The missionaries, in turn, introduced it to the early settlers, and the herb was said to be found in every home medicine chest. Native Americans smoked it for their lungs and chewed it for oral hygiene. They also employed it for chest, throat, mucous membrane, stomach, gastric and bowel support; and it appears that they were correct, because many of these very same applications have been continued in modern herbal therapy. Yerba Santa was officially listed in the United States Pharmacopœia from 1894 through 1905, and again from 1916 through 1947, after which it was entered into the United States National Formulary as an expectorant. The aromatic leaves are collected from the wild in summertime, dried and used in herbal preparations. The herb has also been included as an ingredient in patent cough medicines for its soothing and expectorant qualities and added to other bitter-tasting medicines to improve the flavor. Some of the consitituents in Yerba Santa include a rich source of flavonoids, glycerides of fatty acids, volatile oil, phytosterol, glucose, pentatriacontane, cerotonic, formic and other acids and resin.

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

Contraindications:
Pregnant and nursing women should not use Yerba Santa.

Capsule Information:
Our Yerba Santa 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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