Jasmine Flowers

Western Bulk Herbs – Jasmine Flowers

Western Bulk Herbs Jasmine Flowers are a staple for many tea blends and perfumes everywhere. This is a well sought after herb for those qualities.

A palatable syrup can be prepared from the flowers. A preparation of the flowers has been employed medicinally. Green, in his Universal Herbal (1832), recommends:
‘as an excellent medicine in coughs, hoarseness and other disorders of the breast, an infusion of five or six ounces of them picked clean from the leaves, in a quart of boiling water, being strained off and boiled in a syrup, with the addition of a sufficient quantity of honey.’

Latin Name:
Jasminum odoratissimum

Common Name:
Yellow Jasmine, Perfume Jasmine, sweetest jasmine

Parts Used:
Dried flower

Properties:

This herb is aromatic, an expectorant, and astringent. Heart and bowel tonic.

Traditional Uses:
Brewing into tea, very popular for essential oils and making perfumery, a garden staple for ornamental purposes

Internal Applications:

Topical Uses / Applications:
An oil obtained by boiling the leaves of this EasternJasmine is used to anoint the head for complaints of the eye, and an oil obtained from the roots is used medicinally to arrest the secretion of milk.

Culinary Uses:

Chemical Properties:
alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, tannins, terpenoids, glycosides, emodine, leucoanthocyanins, steroids, anthocyanins, phlobatinins, essential oil and saponins

Folk Lore:
N/A

Cautions:

*Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Resources:
https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/j/jasmin06.html