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  2. Anemopsis - Wikipedia

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    Yerba mansa is versatile. It can be taken orally as a tea, tincture, infusion or dried in capsule form. It can be used externally for soaking inflamed or infected areas. It can be ground and used as a dusting powder. Some people in Las Cruces, New Mexico use the leaves to make a poultice to relieve muscle swelling and inflammation.

  3. Chumash traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    Yerba mansa was believed to cure gonorrhea, as well as many other afflictions. Seawater as a source of saline and other healing minerals was used to treat sores from venereal diseases, as well as medicinal tea made from carrizo cane.

  4. Lizard's tail - Wikipedia

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    Saururus cernuus, also known as water-dragon, dragon's tail and swamp root, a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America; Anemopsis californica, also known as yerba mansa, native to western North America

  5. Yerba-maté - Wikipedia

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    Yerba maté or yerba-maté (/ ˈ j ɜːr b ə ˈ m ɑː t eɪ /), [2] [3] Ilex paraguariensis, is a plant species of the holly genus native to South America. [4] It was named by the French botanist Augustin Saint-Hilaire. [5] The leaves of the plant can be steeped in hot water to make a beverage known as maté. Brewed cold, it is used to make ...

  6. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    It is used for a variety of purposes in traditional medicine; tulsi is taken in many forms: as herbal tea, dried powder, fresh leaf or mixed with ghee. Essential oil extracted from Karpoora tulasi is mostly used for medicinal purposes and in herbal cosmetics. [112] Oenothera: Evening primrose

  7. Clinopodium - Wikipedia

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    Clinopodium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora albitarsella. Various Clinopodium species are used as medicinal herbs. For example, C. macrostemum is used in Mexico as a tea under the name poleo or yerba de borracho to cure hangovers, stomach aches, and liver disease.

  8. Astringent - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, their dried form has been used as an astringent. [15] Some metal salts and acids have also been used as astringents. [16] Calamine lotion, witch hazel, and yerba mansa, are astringents, [17] as are the powdered leaves of the myrtle. [18]

  9. Plants used as herbs or spices - Wikipedia

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    Medicinal: used, either directly or as a simple extract such as a tea, to cause some physiological effect, usually to treat some ailment or disease Fragrance: used to add a pleasant odor to food, medicine, or other consumed or partially consumed items (such as incense, candles, or lotions)

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