Verbena in your cacao: health benefits and medicinal purposes

This summer we bring you something new: 100% cacao infused with medicinal herbs. The first one is verbena. Why? Read all about it here:

You can find verbena as one of the three medicinal herbs in our Wild Child X Jennifer Ann bar. Verbena is also known as vervain, hierba luisa, lemon beebrush, verveine odorante, ‘herba sacra’, ‘the herb of love’ and the ‘herb of the cross’The plant loves a warm climate, lot’s of sun and is native to South America.

The use of verbena for medicinal purposes goes back thousands of years. From Egypt and Perisa to ancient cultures throughout Europe.

Verbena branches were used in ceremony, to purify the space and to treat symptoms like fever, headache and insomnia. It is said that vervain was used to treat Jesus Christ’s wounds on the cross, which explains its nickname  ‘herb of the cross.’

BITTER TASTE
These days you might know lemon verbena as a herbal infusion for tea. It is a herb that has a little lemony and bitter taste, that not everyone likes at first. Yet wait until you learn about the medical properties of the herb!

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MEDICINAL PURPOSES OF VERBENA

  • Stress-reducing / Relaxant. Reducing anxiety and cramps
  • General pain relief ( menstruation pain, joints and headaches)
  • Diuretic (water reducer)
  • Antibacterial
  • Cooling and anti-inflammatory (used against cold and fever and treating wounds)
  • General pain relief (menstruation pain, joints and headaches)
  • Diuretic (water reducer)
    Antibacterial
  • Cooling and anti-inflammatory (used against cold and fever and treating wounds)

CONTRA-INDICATION
One cup of cacao (15g) contains 0,47 grams of powdered verbena.  While pregnant or when on medication, always contact your medical professional before using medicinal herbs.

ABOUT WILD CHILD X JENNIFER ANN
Jennifer Ann is a cacao ceremony leader and musician. We have added her secret herbal mix to our ceremonial grade cacao. Resulting in Wild Child X Jennifer Ann, a limited edition cacao infused with rose, lavender and verbena. Only 500 pieces of this product were made. Available in our online store while stock lasts.

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