Botanical Name: Verbena hastata
Common Names: American vervain, wild hyssop, blue vervain,
false vervain, simpler's joy, traveler's joy
Medicinal
Properties: Tonic, sudorific, expectorant, vulnerary, emetic, nervine,
emmenagogue, vermifuge
Vervain is one of the most wonderful gifts of God in the healing of diseases. This herb should be in every home ready for use immediately when needed. Very powerful to produce profuse perspiration. Excellent in fevers. Will often cure colds overnight. Take a warm cup of the tea often. An excellent remedy in whooping cough, pneumonia, consumption, asthma, ague. Will expel phlegm from the throat and chest. In fevers take a cup of the hot tea every hour, also for epilepsy and fits. Good in all female troubles. Will increase menstrual flow. Also good in scrofula and skin diseases. Will often expel worms when everything else fails. Take freely until the worms pass. Very useful in nervousness, delirium, insanity, sleeplessness, and nervous headache. Will tone up the system in convalescence from heart diseases. Will remove obstructions in the bowels, colon, and bladder. Good in stomach troubles, when the breath is short and there is wheezing. Used in combination of equal parts with smart weed and peppermint leaves. Is excellent for appendicitis. In fevers use in combination with boneset, willow bark, or smart weed. The tea is very healing applied to external sores. Much better than quinine for the purposes for which quinine is used.
Adopted form Kloss, 1939