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Damiana | | Name : | Damiana | | Botanical : | Turnera aphrodisiaca | | Family : | Turneraceae | | Parts Used : | Leaves. | | Habitat : | Mexico, South Arnerica, Texas, West Indies. | | Description : | A small shrub; leaves smooth and pale green on upper side, underneath glabrous, with a few hairs on the ribs, ovolanceolate, shortly petiolate with two small glands at base; flowers yellow, rising singly from axils of the leaves, capsule one-celled splitting into three pieces; smell aromatic, taste characteristic, bitterish, aromatic and resinous. | | Constituents : | A greenish volatile oil, smelling like chamomile, amorhpous bitter principle Damianin, resins and tannin. | | Uses : | Mild purgative, diuretic, tonic, acting directly on the reproductive organs, stimulant, hypochondriastic, aphrodisiae. |
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