🌶️Latin American Curanderismo
Hierba de Burro
Aloysia wrightii
About Hierba de Burro
Hierba de Burro (Aloysia wrightii) is a herb used in the Latin American Curanderismo tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Anxiety, Cold, and Fever. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Aloysia wrightii is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common names Wright's beebrush and oreganillo. It is native to the Sonoran Desert of southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found in moist desert canyons, scrub, and woodland habitat. This is a thickly branching shrub which reaches nearly two meters in maximum height and is generally rounded in form. It has small, oval-shaped to nearly round leaves...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal