Latin name: Eriodictyon californicum
Also know as: yerba santa, mountain balm, wä-sä-got’-ō, consumptive’s weed, Holy Herb and bear weed

Origin: California, USA
Supplier-ID: JC-2308U

Eriodictyon californicum – Yerba Santa

Yerba Santa has a long history of use by Native America healers for many centuries, and then taken up by the Spanish settlers, who gave it its current name, meaning “Holy Herb”.

Yerba Santa is used in traditional smudging practice for protection, purification, healing, spiritual strength, courage, psychic abilities, and finding your innermost self.

Smudging is a spiritual method to cleanse spaces of negative energy. Smudging has traditionally been a ritual of the Native Americans (Indians). It is now also a popular custom in Europe!

Key Benefits of Yerba Santa:

Yerba Santa is traditionally burned to honor ancestors, increase psychic powers & bring healing & protection to those who use it. Best known for its affinity to the lungs, it has been widely used as a natural remedy against coughing & many other respiratory ailments.

Yerba Santa has many medicinal properties and actually has a pleasant taste. It is used as a food flavoring and as an additive to herbal cough syrups to disguise the taste of other ingredients. Yerba Santa can be used as a tea, but