Damiana

(Turnera diffusia)

Other Names:

Horny goat weed

Range:

Family:

Passifloraceae - Passion Flower Family

Growth Type:

Woody shrub

Flower Season:

Early to late summer

Flower Appearance:

Small aromatic yellow flowers

Seed/Fruit:

The flowers ripen to fruit which tastes similar to figs

Miscellaneous characteristics:

The shrub is said to have a strong spice-like odor somewhat like chamomile, due to the aromatic compounds present in the plant.

Habitat:

Southern Texas

Parts Used:

Leaves

Culinary Uses:

Fruit can be eaten

Energetics

Taste: Pungent
Thermal: Warming
Humidity: Drying

Traditional Medicinal Uses:

Nervous depression, with poor appetite, sluggish in AM, anxietous in PM and vague recurring genito-urinary symptoms with probable emotional/neurologic cause.

Indications:

Adaptogen, Aphrodisiac, Tonic - Sexual Female, Tonic: Sexual Male

Medicinal Actions:

Adaptogen, Aphrodisiac, Tonic: Nerve, Tonic: Sexual Female, Tonic: Sexual Male