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Reviewer: Gill, 55-64 Female (Consumer)
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I have rheumatoid arthritis and am sensitive to drugs and commercial supplements. I therefore make use of herbal teas. I have had some chronic bronchial irritation. I have used yerba santa in a tea which i put together myself containing equal parts yerba santa leaf, marshmallow leaf and marshmallow flowers. I have used it for a couple of weeks at one teaspoon in 500ml of water made as a hot
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Reviewer: Judy Lynn, 55-64 Female (Consumer)
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I have used yerba santa as a tea for years to help break up congestion in the chest and expel mucus.
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Reviewer: dfwpaul, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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Upper respiratory congestion and asthma brought me to the herbalist for results when other preparations tended to raise my blood pressure. Plant is pleasant taken as tisane or tincture, I've found it effective.
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Reviewer: DeTales, 65-74 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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On two occasions of severe coughing and bronchial irritation due to a "bug" going around, or whatever, I found yerba santa tes, two mugs in one day, to be hightly effective in stopping irritation and detering symptoms. It acted as an expectorant, and in short order, about a day, I was free of symptoms. I harvested the leaves form a local patch. Having collected it, I have given it to fri
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Reviewer: Abster87, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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I am a 23 yr old female who had been struggling with tonsillitis i had not eaten anything due to the agrivating pain of swallowing, I wasnt able to talk or even swallow water, my mother boiled some "YERBA SANTA" and asked me to gargle it several times a day followed by drinking warm water. I don't do well with pain, but after I did this I was able to eat again for the first time in
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