Damiana Powder - Damiana Fluid Extract - Damiana Tea

Making a delicious cup of tea with loose leaf herbs is simple and easy. Brewing loose leaves is a traditional art with many different styles and varying items of tea brewing equipment on the market. There are one cup teaballs that can be filled with loose leaves, flowers, and barks and submerged straight into a boiling cup of hot water and then left to infuse. The rule of thumb with brewing loose leaves is to allow them to fully release their beneficial aromatic phyto-chemical content.

This process is lovingly called brewing and takes 5-10 minutes so a tea cosy is recommended if you are using a pot. When making a pot of tea it is advised that you use one teaspoon of loose leaf tea per person and one for the pot. Any true tea maker who truly appreciates the art would recommend heating the pot first, and of course when the tea is fully infused it is absolutely necessary that the drinker sits down and takes a minute to enjoy! For full instructions go to our How to make Herbal Tea Page.

Indigo Herbs Damiana leaf tea can be taken 3 times a day as suggested below

Serving:
1-2 teaspoon of cut herb / 1 cup of boiling water, infuse for 10-15 minutes.

The Damiana plant is prevalent throughout the arid hot sandy environs of Mexico, which is where Indigo Herbs procures this pure leaf tea. The production process is a very simple; the plant leaves are usually harvested during flowering and are set out to be air dried until they turn a golden yellow colour.

After selection of the best individual dried leaf there is an inspection to guarantee there are no other constituents or pollutants on the plant material. This product is traditionally wild crafted since Damiana seed is very difficult to propagate in controlled environments. To make sure that all chemical constituents remain intact, this pure leaf has not been heat treated in any way.

Taking herbal remedies in a Tincture or Fluid extract preparation is simple and easy. The tincture can be measured out into the small ml measuring cup that comes with each bottle. (A medicine cup or spoon could also be used) and the tincture can be taken directly.

However some people do find the bitter tincture taste to be too strong, so it may be a good idea to dilute the drops in water or fruit juice. For children, the elderly, those with a sensitive constitution or those avoiding alcohol, the alcohol can be evaporated from the tincture. This can be done by putting the drops in boiling water and leaving for 10 minutes to evaporate. For full instructions go to our How to take Herbal Tincture page.

Damiana Leaf Fluid Extract can be added to water or fruit juice.

Serving:

Damiana Leaf Fluid Extract: Traditionally Taken: 1-4ml throughout the day or as directed by a Herbal practitioner.

20 drops from the glass dropper equals approximately 1ml.

• Produced to GMP standards.
• Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs.
• Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
• Gluten free.
• 100% pure botanical ingredients, absolutely nothing added.
• Packaged in a pharmacoepial grade brown glass bottle with dropper.

 Manufacture Process

Grown in Mexico, the Damiana leaf used to make this pure extract undergoes careful selection and cleaning before the process of cold percolation takes place. In order to infuse the active constituents into fluid extract form a cold percolation method is employed. This method utilizes a gradient circulation of the solution which keeps the plant ingredients in perpetual contact with the ethanol. This technique is faster and more efficient than maceration and ensures there is less waste of precious plant materials. This premium quality product is manufactured to GMP standards and Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs. It is 100% pure botanical ingredients, completely free of synthetic ingredients with absolutely nothing added.

The leaves have a minor laxative effect and may cause loosening of the stools at higher amounts. Until more is known about damiana's effects on the female hormonal system, it should be avoided during pregnancy.