Vervain

Verbena officinalis

Vervain is a bitter herb with a multitude of uses. The key word for this herb is exhaustion. It is particulary good for people who are over-striving, tense, with tension in the upper body. As an adjunt for treating depression, vervain will stop excessive dreaming, promoting a deeper level of healing sleep.

Also useful in treating post viral exhaustion, fevers with headaches, neurological symptoms and deep aches. As a bitter it is a useful detox herb, and has been classed as a kidney restorative.

It is a galactagogue - promoting the flow of breast milk, and particularly good for new mothers who worry a lot. Also an excellent wound herb for slow healing wounds, and eye inflammations.

It is in the same family as Vitex agnus castus, and has some similar properties. In this respect it is useful in treating pre-menstrual tension.

Actions

• Sedative
• Nervine
• Bitter
• Thymoleptic
• Spasmolytic
• diaphoretic
• Galactagogue
• Renal trophorestorative

Uses

• Depression
• Melancholia
• Chronic fatigue and exhaustion
• Nervous tension
• convcalescence after fevers, especially flu
• Eye inflammations