Yerba Santa
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Other Names: Bear's Weed, Consumptive's Weed, Eriodictyon, Eriodictyon californicum, Eriodictyon glutinosum, Gum Bush, Gum Plant, Hierba Santa, Holy Herb, Yerba Sante, Holy Weed, Mountain Balm, Sacred Herb, Tarweed, Wigandia californicum.
Yerba santa is an herb. The leaf is used to make medicine.
Special Precautions of Yerba Santa
- Yerba santa seems to be safe when taken by mouth for most adults, but the potential side effects are not known.
- There isn't enough information to know whether yerba santa is safe when put on the skin.
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Not enough is known about the use of yerba santa during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.
- Lithium interacts with Yerba Santa.
Benefits and uses of Yerba Santa are
Yerba santa contains chemicals that are thought to loosen mucus in the chest and may increase urination.
- Coughs.
- Colds.
- Fever.
- Tuberculosis.
- Asthma.
- Chronic bronchitis.
- Loosening mucus.
- Spasms.
- Use as a tonic.
- Topically : Bruises, sprains, wounds, insect bites, or joint pain when put on the skin.
- cancer : In a 1992 study on hamster embryo cells, yerba santa showed anti-cancer benefits. The study's findings indicate that antioxidant compounds found in yerba santa may aid in cancer prevention by inhibiting the body's metabolism of certain cancer-causing agents.
- yerba santa is sometimes used in flower essences. When taken in flower essence form, yerba santa is said to help treat emotional issues like depression and grief.
