Products
Verveine tea is available in pharmacies, drugstores, and grocery stores, among other places, as open goods and in sachets.
Stem plant
Lemon verbena, a member of the verbenaceae family, is native to South America. It is often confused with true verbena, which grows in Europe. Many “verbena teas” are actually verveine (“fragrant verbena”). The name verveine comes from French, in which the plant is called.
Medicinal drug
The medicinal raw material used is the lemon verbena leaves (Verbenae citriodorae folium), the whole or crushed dried leaves of . The pharmacopoeia requires a minimum content of acteoside and essential oil. The leaves release a lemon-like odor when crushed.
Ingredients
The leaves contain an essential oil whose components include limonene, geranial, and neral.
Effects
Lemon shrub leaves are traditionally believed to have sedative properties.
Indications for use
- As a tea drink and stimulant
- As a medicine for states of tension and nervous digestive disorders.
- Component of Inca Kola (Peru)
- For the refinement of food
