
Lion's Tail - (Leonotis leonurus) 15gm
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The infusions made from flowers and seeds, leaves or stems are widely used to treat tuberculosis, jaundice, muscle cramps, high blood pressure, diabetes, viral hepatitis, dysentery, and diarrhoea.[14][15] The leaves, roots and bark are used as an emetic for snakebites, bee and scorpion stings.[16] The fresh stem juice is used as an infusion drunk for 'blood impurity' in some places of South Africa.[17]
Leonotis leonurus, also known as lion's tail and wild dagga, is a plant species in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to South Africa and southern Africa, where it is very common.[2] It is known for its medicinal properties. The main psychoactive component of Leonotis leonurus is claimed to be leonurine,[3] even though leonurine has never been found in the plant using chemical analysis.[4] Like other plants in the mint family, it also contains marrubiin