MEDICINAL:
Yerba Santa is an expectorant used to treat coughs and congestion, as well as aiding in loosening and expelling phlegm. It works to dilate bronchial tubes, so it is useful to drink a cup of the tea to ease asthma and allergy attacks. A poultice of the mashed leaves is used for sores and wounds.
GROWING:
Yerba Santa is an evergreen shrub native to the western United States. It does well in dry, average soils in full sun.
