Sore throat

• Common name
• Vervain, blue vervain
• Genus and species name
• Verbena hastata
• Habitat
• Eastern decidious forest 
• Tall grass prairie
• Active chemical
• Hastatoside (found in plant and shoot)
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• Uses
• Expextorant- expels muscus and other phlegm that have accumuated
• Eliminate irritation
• Preparation
• Tea using either leaves or flowers
• Must be picked before flowering and dried promptly to be effecttive
• Can be used as a gargle, but not as common
• Photo


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• Sources
•  Heatherley, A. (n.d.). Vervain. Retrieved September 4, 2015. 
•  Vervain Verbena hastata, V. officinalis. (n.d.). Retrieved September 3, 2015. 
•  Health Benefits of Blue Vervain. (2015, August 31). Retrieved September 3, 2015.