Damiana Turnera diffusa, Turnera aphrodisiaca of the Plant Family of Turneraceae is a small shrub with tiny yellow flowers, and bright or dark green leaves depending on the moment and geography. Either leaf shade fresh turn blended green drinks or juice cleanses glowing neon green.

This powerplant has been most currently known to be used in Mexican culture as an aphrodisiac tea, using the flowers. It is native to New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central, and South America, and is a very strong grower, coming in heavy around clearings and people.

Damiana’s use as an herbal remedy far predates written history. At the time the Spanish crossed the Atlantic, indigenous cultures had been using it for centuries as a nutritious herb and bladder cleansing remedy.

The electric herb relieves coughing, improves regularity, and gives a good boost of oxygen transport and connectivity says certain elder nature guides.

This plant improves digestion and high diversity diet’s want as many digestion improvements as they can get – with their Nutritional Diversity diet plans.

The plant could have been an original ingredient to the margarita, and it does increase libido and has a calming and slightly euphoric effect.

Most clinically listed as an aphrodisiac, and like honey and chocolate, it has been scientifically evaluated for this purpose heavily, but this is a nutritious energy-giving vegetable, great for salads and simple as that.

I love this stuff! She is one of my favorite staple herbs.

I love it when I run into her here in the street or on the trail in certain areas such as Isla Carenero whom the best damiana has taken too strongly, in the beautiful archipelago of Islands of Bocas del Toro, Panama where I write to you from.

The truth is, this powerful herb no doubt treats a diverse set of conditions.

Great plants don’t go without heavy opposition from mediocre minds…

Healthline published an article stating that “like a lot of herbs sold today, damiana is said to help enhance sexual health and treat a vast array of symptoms from diabetes to anxiety. However, there isn’t much more than anecdotal evidence to support these claims.”

The herb like every functional miracle herb known to man, has its angry critiques; Varro E. Tylercalls it a “complete hoax” and wrote a whole entire book about it being a hoax.

“It’s silly to try to escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.”  – Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations

In 1875, La Damiana was introduced in the United States by way of a Baltimore resident doctor, J.J. Caldwell, who wrote in the Virginia Medical Monthly of extremely old Mexican men fathering dozens of children with the help of their daily Damiana tea.

“Damiana, beyond doubt,” Caldwell added, “is the most reliable, useful, and permanent tonic to the genital organs of both sexes that we have thus far discovered.”

Mormons sold Damiana wafers that were advertised for uses such as strengthening the brain, nerves, and sexual organs, as a complete cure for dyspepsia, and as a remedy for malaria.

I am here to tell you we have thoroughly gotten to know Mrs. Damiana Plant very well, and while no one in my camp has experienced any malaria or dyspepsia, we appreciate her effects and her presence immensely.

This herb is a special one, and take it from me it is very effective for overall health and performance. You want this stuff in your system!

Healthline author Elea Carey goes on to say that “despite the lack of scientific evidence to support these claims, the damiana plant continues to be used by many people, as it has been for years.”

As much as I don’t care for modern ‘scientific’ evidence really, there is actually quite a bit.

The Damiana Plant comes right into town from the rural and the bosque (Caribbean), shooting up from cracks, or neatly placed in designed lawns, because of its bright leaves and pretty flowers.

It likes to grow wild near to cactus in certain deserts.

Most people are unaware of its edibility and its smoke-ability. I have made a blend of this herb dried with many other herbs as an afternoon smoke; since seeing ambrosia Peruviana herb cure a friend’s lifelong asthma.

These herbs like wormwood have been smoked for ages, could this be part of the reason? Homeopathic lung training?

I can personally tell you the fresh leaves are a huge relief to depression, anxiety, and a huge boost to mood and energy (for me).

The plant has been studied for longevity because of its anti-aging activities and the specific inhibition of internal self-created biological essences associated with aging.

This is something that after years of experience, want for my family, for my animals for my whole farm.

This is something easy to cultivate and looks good all at once, so I will strategically map her out all around.

This is permaculture, with placements inside a greater diversity of things grown together in the most self-maintaining way possible. Most people walk by this type of agriculture and see nothing.

Most people…

Let’s take a good look at the best damiana products available.

DAMIANA RANKINGS

This herb is still rare in the markets which means it is still cultivated in small fields hopefully, a selection of the best damiana products and steady sources, however, is hard to come up with.

We did serious verification on this one because we intend to recommend it to so many.

“We recommend the best here, Amazon does the rest here.”

1. Raw Herb

Current best source best price as of May 20, 2020,

2. Natural Herbal

If you know me I like the bulk, raw material buy, and this is the one for dried Damania herbs. Ounce bags of raw material including stems.

I prefer to use the entire parts of the plant in teas, obviously for smoking just the dried leaves, and for consumption of the leaves and the flowers (best fresh, but use what you can get).

2. Healthy Supplements

Half-ounce bags of raw herb are available from this company with fewer stems. Priced at the market price this second source of the herb can be mixed in for some geographical diversity behind the damiana planning.

3. Tadin

The good reputation and time in services of this tea product meet the test and for convenience and good reputation, I have ranked it among the best damiana supplements.

4. Alkaline Valley

For those who prefer to try new things like tea, this is a good one.

5. Smart

For those who like a convenient capsule. When on the travel’s or trying to have an easy yet calculated consumption rate, I ranked this product in the best damiana list as new extract form from a reputable company.

7. Vitamin Shoppe

Since our original electric article, many Damiana products have hit the market.

These wellness capsules are a new development by a big and reputable health franchise establishment.

8. Bod Smith

As the electric herb gains popularity potent extract supplements have become available. Help them build the reputation they deserve!

May help alleviate stress and anxiety in both men and women.

Damiana has tonic properties that may help improve digestion.

Damiana has both diuretic and antiseptic properties.

This particular Damiana Supplement is manufactured in the USA in an FDA-registered facility under strict quality control standards.

These particular capsules do not contain fillers, artificial flavoring, or other harmful derivatives.

9. Sexy Wipes

A stylish upgrade to self-care, add these to the purse to turn up an individual class just a notch.

10. Euphoria

Well, this new to the market could be a good one, they are certainly charging for it. If they put as much time into the product as they did the label and the Amazon copy text we will up-rank it.

“An exquisite spirit-uplifting elixir to help awaken loving awareness within the body. ”

11. Nutri Cargo

NEW!! NutriCargo has dropped into the market recently a 1.1-pound bag of ethically harvested Damiana Powder! While the product is new to the market we encourage trials and ratings to determine through more widespread testing actual quality. We hope very much to be able to rank this product higher rather than remove it. There is not another 1.1 pound bag of ready-made Damiana powder.

There needs to be a more agricultural focus in electric herb products as it becomes more popular. Remember to grow your own is best.

DAMIANA BENEFITS

Damiana offers a wealth of benefits to our ND diet plans it is pretty much a year-round staple for us here at the Biodynamic Nutrition Study in Panama. We have done a decent amount of performance testing on her specifically also in the ongoing tropical nutrition / athletic study work.

A great plant to tell you about personally, and how this personal testimony (if it is from an honest person) holds much more weight than any science or science-based statement does.

Damiana has and gives a free-er attitude, she really does.

For this reason, I probably take the opportunity now to explain how nutritional science and nutritional scientists today are the reason everyone is sick and underperforming.

None of these scientists are anywhere near us in human health science. They are going in the wrong direction altogether. They think they know better than nature because of the degree they got from modern education. They pay no attention to nature. for example, wtf is monoculture!!??? GMO!!?? What is that stand for anyways God Moving Out? Forget that.

Studies show that the Turnera did have inhibiting effects to phosphodiesterase-5 sets, an active mode used to treat erectile function showing, that very possibly this herb can treat erectile dysfunction. [2]

Damiana contains certain potential anti-cancer properties, and essences that treat wounds on the skin [3].

Breast cancer studies are ongoing. ..

possible positive substitute to tobacco and cannabis, smoking this herb has slightly euphoric and better mood effects [4].

Various other traditional and potential benefits of this species include the treatment of anemia, anxiety, antibacterial/microbial, antidepressant, antidiabetic, antioxidant, stress reliever,  anti-obesity, antispasmodic, antitumor, bronchitis, chronic cystitis, coughs, fever, frigidity, fungal infections, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, laxative, to relieve pain, respiratory diseases, skin disorders, and to promote healthy menstruation. [AR1]

Antidepressant confirmed for the electric herb that I got out of bed with, sent from above, in a recent central study. [5]

DAMIANA SIDE EFFECTS

Side effects can include morning erections, or in the case of taking too much, it could result in dahabeah or nausea.

As with everything take with sufficient diversity, and not more than 10 grams in a day without building up to it.

DAMIANA EXPERIENCE

I am so into this “flor de amor,” I am growing it elongated cycles both sun and HID, Co2 injections, and the best organic fertilizers you ever saw.

Our farm is an interesting one, it is coming out of a hellish and tragic history and into a beautiful and Devine purpose.

It has been through hell and back a few times with me now, it has had a shocking amount of Jerry Springer contestant wannabes attacking it over the last decade. Attacking me and anyone I know and everything I do over the last decade!

Damiana and I are both recovering from so much…..

She was wiped out recently by bad farm caretakers from Slovakia. So were several other miracle herbs there.

I know with a surety that replanting her there will restore the farm’s confidence in me as their caretaker. Upon my return to the sight initially, the once happy sentiments there that took a long time and a lot of effort to cultivate were noticeably depleted.

A year later they are finally coming back

DAMIANA DISCUSSION

Across Costa Rica, Colombia, and Panama and up through New Mexico, the Damiana plant grows everywhere, her spirit of spice and spark pepper the billions of diverse species that work together in harmony that we know as “nature,” and not much more.

Maybe the name did come from a deviant nature, as one deviant, pretty much enjoys the company of other deviants, I have had an incredible relationship with her over the years.

She even promotes 007 skills practice. For example, in public, it is a task to keep her a secret because people passing by seeing me talking to her, thanking her, and tearing off leaves to eat would likely think I am nuts.

I am always on the road I work outside of 16 different cities now in Permaculture on a regular. I love it. I love farms, I love nature, and staying on the move, this is the perfect thing for me.

The other way she encourages ninja-like behavior for example; I have learned to plant Damiana everywhere I go and not educate people on her so that there is some for me to eat each time.

Of course, I also learn who reads my site regularly among them, if I show up and she has been well harvested of a good amount of leaves and flowers.ñ

I stay at stellar farms I myself didn’t have to invest in, and I get the best products for my diet.

People trust me because they know I am going to really love their plants and animals, and do what I say trying not to say I will do things that I cannot, and say what I was not able to do and be honest at all times.

I have a career with diverse clients because of my honesty, so don’t get the deviant thing twisted. That being said a vibrant edge is a powerful thing to have.

Today folks are under a lot of pressure.

Damiana has a very interesting effect of helping relieve that pressure. If you need to inject some “care-free” or “take it easy” to your life, or you know someone who needs that effect, this is the natural prescription.

The flower of love is just one of many herbs with this type of animal support.

In the blender, this plant turns a green shake electric green. I was having one as I watched Hot Boxin with Tyson and Rashad Evans was the guest, and he said something that in all these years of my diet work, study and research had not heard before, and that was the phrase “electric food.”

He went on to explain “this is about food for connectivity,” and I started saying “finally I am hearing something that I knew that nobody seems to know, that is really really important, coming out.”

He is right, and this inner-systematic connectivity is a huge piece of the final performance, however, it is achieved, and there are many ways to get there. I will definitely be taking a look at Rashad Evans, the next time I take a look at MMA fighter diets.

This Damiana plant radiates electricity with its electric green and yellow visual results to its history as an aphrodisiac, and mostly by its fresh whole consumption effects (or blended) which are alone seriously impressive.

Dynamic and Multi-Use

I can’t get enough of this stuff it is such a potent ingredient to my regimen – it’s really one of the top plants I use regularly.

It’s great because it is everywhere.

If you grow it yourself, forget about it, a nice care for her, organic fertilizer a few times a week and she will take great care of you.

The best damiana plant tastes great, like a cross between light-tasting celery, cranberry, and watercress.

I get a boost from the fresh leaf, I feel like, way more than the tea. I eat the yellow flower also.

The Damiana plant is a perfect starting place for the beginner level diversified. Like the dandelion, it is everywhere you don’t need to grow it to try it, but you definitely should if you are going to use it!

Damiana being the female form of the name Damian gives some the idea that the spirit of the plant is devious.

Titles. We must be careful with titles.

We call it a bird. B-i-rd, but that is not what it is. In could be an ancestor, we don’t know and we don’t look into it because we ‘know’ it’s a ‘bird.’ – KRS One

Damiana is also known as the herb of warfare, the old woman’s broom, and la Pastora, like the reverend or leader’s wife, the first lady.

The Damiana plant is one of twenty-three incredible ingredients, in NDdiet’s E23 Performance Greens Drink.

Diamana herb is electric, you can feel her running through your veins, connecting up the system, in a rush of vitality, and many take it for granted. It’s hard to know things are great when things are great. Remind yourself and be thankful.

With this fortitude, and wisdom to recognize the dynamic spiritual realities associated with the plant and really getting to know her as a plant species, and courage to address her, and appreciate her correctly, could fruit a whole new nutritional exchange for you and for her, one that humans have forgotten about.

The electricity of this wondrous existence can really bloom a whole new type of flower and fruit within an extremely rare body like this. She deserves that kind of host and respect, if not so then more to be left alone.

To have her in your life is right around the corner in several forms for the special soul who seeks her out.

DAMIANA FAQ

DAMIANA RECAP

Energy boost and stress relief. Care-free mood enhancer.

Restoration and enhancement of sexual performance. The ‘flor de Amor or flower of love is one of her many nicknames.

The author likes it a lot.

Great in smoothies that turn electric green from her, and also in zesty salads, maybe with some avocado and olive oil!

Anticancer herb.

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Updated June 25. 2019, June 28, 2019, March 6, 2020, May 20, 2020, Jul 25, 2022