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Damiana virtues and benefits
Damiana for disorders Sexual disorders, sexual dysfunctions, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, menstruation, fatigue, depression, stress, anxiety
Diseases urinary disorders.
Beneficial Aphrodisiac, antidepressant, diuretic, sanitizer.
Damiana description
The damiana or damiane is an aromatic small tree or bush (no more than two meters high) that has woody stems. The leaves are isolated, long and iron-like, pale green in hue, emitting a powerful scent of chamomile. These flowers, which do not appear until early summer, are small and yellow, and the fruit has a flavor approaching fig.
Damiana culture
The damiana is native to Mexico, it has spread to many countries with hot and humid climates such as Africa and India, the West Indies, southwest Texas, central America and the Caribbean.
The composition
It is in the leaves that we find its active ingredients. They contain arbutin (alkaloids), volatile essential oils (chamomile scent), delta cadinene, tannins, thymol and cineol, glucoside, resin and gum.
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Damiana and its medicinal virtues
Damiana was listed as a natural aphrodisiac, but it also has other medicinal properties, it is an antidepressant, a diuretic, a natural urinary sanitizer, a purgative and a laxative.
It is an aphrodisiac as much male as female, it acts by stimulation of the sexual organs (libido), attenuating the dysfunctions (premature ejaculation and impotence), regulates the disorders of the menstruation (amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea) while strengthening the organ feminine.
The benefits of damiana prevent, relieve, and soothe urinary tract infections, by its diuretic and cleansing action. It also acts on intestinal transit to regulate it, ideal for treating certain digestive disorders by its purgative and laxative properties.
The leaves help tone the body in cases of severe fatigue or exhaustion, reduce depressive symptoms, stress and anxiety by stimulating the nervous system.
Other uses
In America it is integrated into the composition of a liqueur very popular with all, moreover this damiana liqueur is found in a cocktail called damiana margarita *. The leaves are also used to make herbal tea with a very pleasant, slightly bitter flavor.
Damiana helps heal
Sexual disorders, sexual dysfunctions, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, menstruation, fatigue, mild depression, stress, anxiety, aphrodisiac, antidepressant, diuretic, urinary disorders.
* to be consumed in moderation
