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All about BLUE VERVAIN
November 4 2006 at 8:29 AM Vicky A (Login VickyA)
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Vervain or common vervain is "verbena officinalis", but blue vervain is a different species "verbena hastata". There is also a pink vervain or "verbena pumila" which is found in some parts of the US and is also used in herbalism. Incidentally the Sioux indian name for blue vervain means "medicine" and the Omaha and Ponca name means "herb medicine", so the plant must have been very highly regarded by native Americans.
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SENIOR MEMBER Re: All about BLUE VERVAIN November 17 2006, 1:53 AM
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Other Names: American blue vervain, Blue Vervain, Herb of Grace, Herbe Sacrée, Herba veneris, Simpler's Joy, Swamp Verbena, Vervain, Wild hyssop, Wild Vervain
Blue Vervain is edible and medicinal. Vervain had many uses in Native American culture as food and medicine. The seed are edible when roasted and are ground into a powder and used as a piñole (an Indian flour).
The leaves and roots of Blue Vervain are a valuable alternative medicine used as an abortifacient, antidiarrheal, analgesic, anthelmintic, antiperiodic, astringent, diaphoretic, emetic, expectorant, sedative, tonic, vermifuge, vulnerary. It is useful in intermittent fevers, ulcers, pleurisy, scrofula, gravel, easing pain in the bowels and expelling worms. A very strong infusion is emetic. As a medicinal poultice it is good in headache and rheumatism. An infusion of the plant is a good galactagogue (increases breast milk) and used for female obstructions, afterpains and taken as a female tonic.
The infusion is used to help pass kidney stones and for infections of the bladder. Used as a sudorific and taken for colds and coughs. Also useful for insomnia and other nervous conditions. Recent medical research has detected the presents of adenosine, aucubin, beta-carotene, caffeic-acid, citral, hastatoside, lupeol, ursolic-acid, verbenalin, verbenin, and other chemical constituents in this plant which prove these uses to be valid. But much more research needs to be done on this herb and its constituents. It may prove to be useful in treating many cancers and other diseases.
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November 4 2006 at 8:29 AM Vicky A (Login VickyA)
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Vervain or common vervain is "verbena officinalis", but blue vervain is a different species "verbena hastata". There is also a pink vervain or "verbena pumila" which is found in some parts of the US and is also used in herbalism. Incidentally the Sioux indian name for blue vervain means "medicine" and the Omaha and Ponca name means "herb medicine", so the plant must have been very highly regarded by native Americans.
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SENIOR MEMBER Re: All about BLUE VERVAIN November 17 2006, 1:53 AM
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Other Names: American blue vervain, Blue Vervain, Herb of Grace, Herbe Sacrée, Herba veneris, Simpler's Joy, Swamp Verbena, Vervain, Wild hyssop, Wild Vervain
Blue Vervain is edible and medicinal. Vervain had many uses in Native American culture as food and medicine. The seed are edible when roasted and are ground into a powder and used as a piñole (an Indian flour).
The leaves and roots of Blue Vervain are a valuable alternative medicine used as an abortifacient, antidiarrheal, analgesic, anthelmintic, antiperiodic, astringent, diaphoretic, emetic, expectorant, sedative, tonic, vermifuge, vulnerary. It is useful in intermittent fevers, ulcers, pleurisy, scrofula, gravel, easing pain in the bowels and expelling worms. A very strong infusion is emetic. As a medicinal poultice it is good in headache and rheumatism. An infusion of the plant is a good galactagogue (increases breast milk) and used for female obstructions, afterpains and taken as a female tonic.
The infusion is used to help pass kidney stones and for infections of the bladder. Used as a sudorific and taken for colds and coughs. Also useful for insomnia and other nervous conditions. Recent medical research has detected the presents of adenosine, aucubin, beta-carotene, caffeic-acid, citral, hastatoside, lupeol, ursolic-acid, verbenalin, verbenin, and other chemical constituents in this plant which prove these uses to be valid. But much more research needs to be done on this herb and its constituents. It may prove to be useful in treating many cancers and other diseases.
Source: http://altnature.com/gallery/Blue_Vervain.htm