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Botanical name: Rauvolfia serpentina
(Rauwolfia serpentina)
Healing power:
- to treat high blood pressure,
- to use as aphrodisiacum,
- makes you feel euphoric,
- calms down,
- makes you feel free from fear,
- to treat depressions,
- used as antidote to snakebites.
How to use:
Out of the roots tea is boiled. One cup per day should be drunken.
Description of the plant:
Serpiria belongs to the herbs used in Ayurvedic medicine as well as in traditional Chinese medicine. Serpiria grows perennial and needs a minimum temperature of continous 20 °C.
Serpiria reaches a height up to 50 cm and loves a sunny location in a normal soil.
Propagation:
Start seeds during the whole year indoors in flats. The temperature should be from 25°C to 30°C.
