Condition
Treatment Support
expectorant, mucolytic, antispasmodic
Application
tincture, tea
Yerba Santa
(Eriodictyon californicum)
Also know as Bear's Weed
Botanical Information
A sticky, shiny-leaved aromatic resinous shrub of dry hillsides and deserts with sprays of lavender flowers in the Waterleaf familly.
Working with Yerba Santa
Part(s) Used
Herb
Herb Forms
Tincture, bulk herb for tea, syrups.
Yerba santa is an expectorant herb useful for asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, and moist coughs. It is also used as a bitter tonic to stimulate digestion (chewing on tender young yerba santa leaves is good for digestion). The herb has an agreeable, bitter, and resinous taste. The tincture is useful to mask the objectionable taste of very bitter herbs, such as cascara sagrada.
Grindelia, another well-known spicy warm respiratory plant, is often blended with yerba santa.
Yerba Santa has a taste of SPICY, AROMATIC and a temperature of VERY WARM.
Cautions
None known.
Conditions treated with Yerba Santa
Condition
Treatment Support
Application
Condition
Treatment Support
warming expectorant
Application
tea, tincture
Condition
Treatment Support
expectorant, antibacterial
Application
tincture, tea
Condition
Treatment Support
expectorant
Application
tincture, tea
Condition
Treatment Support
expectorant
Application
tea, tincture
Condition
Treatment Support
antitussive, expectorant
Application
tea, tincture
The information given here is designed to help you make informed choices about your health. The information is drawn from numerous sources—both traditional medicine practice, from the clinical experience of many herbalists currently practicing, and supported by decades of scientific research from the author. The research most consulted includes human clinical trials that help to determine the most effective and safe herbs for various needs, the best doses, and types of preparations.
The information offered in this database is not intended as a substitute for any that may have been prescribed by your health practitioner or physician.
