Direct from Mexico - Damiana leaves, destemmed
Damiana (Turnera diffusa, also called Oreganillo or Hierba del Venado)
Discover the magical "decoration powers" of Damiana! (for decoration or smoking purposes, no food)
The sale of Damiana has been restricted in Austria due to the recent classification as a medicinal product.
Since we are a food and supplements trading company, we are only allowed to offer Damiana for decoration, smoking or fragrance purposes.
Damiana contains a little arbutin.
That is why in Mexico, damiana leaves are considered very valuable and as people like to drink it as damiana tea. It is the Damiana leaves that are said to have the positive effect.
Damiana grows as a bushy shrub and grows up to one meter under good conditions. On the branches hang small leaves, which are sawn in at the edges. The leaves are removed from the branches and carefully dried. As a wild form Damiana occurs in Argentina on rocky locations at high altitude from 1000m.
Ingredients of Damiana
Essential oils, terpenes, arbutin, cineole, cadins, cymene, pinene, thymol, bitter substance damianin, resin, caffeine (in the stalk), tannin
If you use it for smoking, Damiana unfolds a pleasant herbal-sweet fragrance.
