Yerba Buena

What Is Yerba Buena

Scientific Names: 

Mentha arvensis Linn.

Yerba Buena is also knows as:

Hierba buena (Span.), Minta (Italy), Minze (Germany), Marsh mint (English), Mint, peppermint (Engl.), Po-ho (Chin.)

Yerba buena (Clinopodium douglasii) is a rambling aromatic herb of the mint family that is known and used as herbal medicine worldwide.

Yerba Buena is a perennial plant that grows up to 1 meter in height with oblong shaped leaves with toothed margins. Flowers are hairy and the color is bluish to purplish with axillary headlike whorls.

Yerba Buena are grown throughout the world from North America to Asia. The plant takes the form of a sprawling, mat-forming perennial, and is especially abundant close to the coast.

Yerba Buena is more popular for its culinary application because of its minty flavor. Used in salads and as flavor for cooking foods. Yerba buena aroma is also used for scents and fragrances.

Yerba Buena, Herbal Medicine - Health Benefits

          Yerba buena is also know for its medicinal properties. Yerba buena is used as herbal medicine for the treatment of many ailments which has been traditionally used since ancient times.

Studies have shown that Yerba buena contains pulegone, menthol, menthene, menthenone and limonene.

Common Health benefits from Yerba buena are as follows:

• Yerba Buena tea used as body pain reliever . Good for headache, stomach ache and tooth ache.
• Yerba Buena poultice used for Rheumatism, arthritis and headache   – crush the fresh leaves squeeze sap. Massage sap on painful parts with eucalyptus.
• Yerba Buena tea for cough and colds   –. Drink as tea. Acts as an expectorant.
• Yerba Buena as mouth wash for swollen gums and tooth aches   – steep 6 grams of fresh plant in a glass of boiling water for 30 minutes. Use solution as gargle.
• Yerba Buena tea for menstrual and gas pain   –. Drink infusion. It induces menstrual flow and sweating.
• Yerba Buena minty scent for nausea and fainting   – crush leaves and apply at nostrils of patients.
• Yerba Buena leaves for Insect bites   – crush leaves and apply juice on affected part or pound leaves until paste-like. Then rub this on affected part.

Yerba Buena Herbal Tea Preparation

       Yerba buena herbal tea is widely used as a popular health drink for its various health benefits. Yerba buena tea can be prepared by using dried Yerba buena leaves or chopped fresh leaves.

How to make dried Yerba buena leaves as tea

The following details the preparation of Yerba buena herbal tea from dired leaves.

• Dry Yerba buena leaves for about two weeks
• Crush Yerba buena leaves into peices
• Boil the dried Yerba buena leaves in water.
• 2 tablesppon of dried Yerba buena leaves to one cup water.
• Let it seep for 30 minutes,
• Strain the leaves.
• Take the Yerba buena herbal tea for 4 to 6 times daily.

Yerba Buena Availability

Yerba buena plant .

Yerba buena can be cultivated and grown in a pot or garden. Yerba buena is also commercially availabe in supermarkets and big vegetable stores..

Yerba buena herbal tea

Commercial Yerba buena herbal tea is available in tea bags and powders. Most health stores sells this as a regular item. Yerba buena is also available through online orders and delivery. Hierba Buena - Spearmint Herbal Tea has Full Spectrum potent concentration. It is naturally prepared without the use of toxic ingedients, such as harsh chemical preservatives to ensure all the active and synergistic constituents just like what nature intended. This Yerba buena herbal tea is available in Amazon along with other Yerba buena extracts.

Yerba buena Herbal Capsules and extracts.

Yerba buena herbal capsules and tablets are also readily available in the market. Yerba buena in capsule and tablet forms are easier to partake avoiding the hassles of preparing the Yerba buena tea. There are now a lot being sold in the market, but it is best that you buy from a reputable company that produces high quality Yerba buena capsules.

Yerba Buena : Caution, Side Effects And Warnings

Although studies have shown that Yerba buena does not contain any toxic ingredient that may harm the body, caution is adviced for pregnant women for excessive intake. There is no sufficient studies made relating to Yerba buena and pregnancy. It is better to stay on the safe side.