Sweet Aztec herb: health benefits and ingredients
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Sweet Aztec herb, also known as honey verbena, is a perennial herb native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico), Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela coming. The herb makes a rather inconspicuous impression and is mainly found in bare, sun-exposed locations. In folk medicine it is mainly used for colds and persistent coughs. Sweet Aztec herb can be used in cooking as a sugar substitute. The leaves contain 1000 to 1500 times more sweetener than sugar, but because of the camphor in the leaf, which belongs to the class of terpenes, it should not be concentrated to sweetener.
What is sweet Aztec herb?
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Sweet Aztec herb (Lippia dulcis) is related to the lemon verbena (Vervaine). The herb is still relatively unknown in the Netherlands as a medicinal herb and as an alternative to sugar
Application and dosage
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General
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11 minMain dishpeanut oil, tofu stir-fry cubes finely seasoned, stir fry sauce sweet and sour, thick noodles, carrot julienne, beetroot julienne, yellow bell pepper, watercress,rainbow salad with tofu -
45 minMain dishRed cabbage, mild olive oil, quinoa plus, forest outing, lemon, sesame oil, soy sauce less salt, Bio Today tahini white in pot, tap water,grilled red cabbage with quinoa salad -
30 minDessertBrie, Roquefort, port salut, gruyere, Camembert, walnut, garlic, thyme, honey, grape, baguette, Red onion, red grape, raisins, Red wine, Red wine vinegar, Brown sugar,generous cheese plate with onion marmalade -
30 minDessertFull Milk, whipped cream, macaroon, custard powder, vanilla sugar, sugar, protein, amaretto, almond liqueur, basic recipe cooking pears,macaroon pastry with casserole
Health Benefits of Sweet Aztec Herb
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Sweet Aztec herb is especially important in traditional herbal medicine in Central America. There are numerous indications that the herb was used as a medicinal plant very early in the history of mankind in Central and North South America. The first written report on this plant comes from the Spanish naturalist and physician Francisco Hernandez. In 1578 he described the sweet Aztec herb in his Rerum Medicarum Historia under the Aztec name 'tzopeliczihuitl'. Through Aztec medicine men he learned that the herb for fever, cough and loss of appetite, among other things
Side Effects
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It should be pointed out again that sweet Aztec herb may not be used as a sugar substitute without limit. An overdose of the medicinal active substances, especially camphor, can cause irritation of the skin and mucous membranes. In addition, nausea, anxiety, shortness of breath and confusion are symptoms that can occur with an overdose. In the worst case, there is even a risk of memory loss, apathy and seizures