Dec 17, 2020
Fultec Systems Harvesting Vervain and Lemon Grass for Public Consumption
Since Monday, Fultec Systems Limited has been giving away free packets containing vervain and lemon grass. The packets are boiled and then you drink it as you would a tea. It is said that the tea helps with several of the symptoms associated with COVID-19 and so today, we found residents taking advantage of the offer, while supplies last. News Five’s Duane Moody went to find out more.
Duane Moody, Reporting
It contains about two hundred and fifty species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants and is found in the wild, but vervain, as it is known, is a slender plant with small, pale lilac flowers borne on leafless spikes. It is used traditionally by herbalists to treat jaundice, gout, kidney stones, headache, depression, anxiety, and insomnia. A search online says that vervain is also considered an astringent, bitter digestive tonic, and a diuretic. Mo