Little Ironweed Powder (Organic)

Product Description

• Cyanthillium cinereum (also known as poovamkurunnal or poovamkurunnila in Malayalam, and monara kudumbiya in Sinhalese) is a species of perennial plant in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa and tropical Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.). 
• In recent years, traditional and complementary medicines have received growing interest worldwide. In Thailand, an herbal species in the Asteraceae family, Cyanthillium cinereum Has been applied as a complementary medicine for the cessation of smoking. 
• Cyanthillium cinereum is one of the most popular herbal smoking cessation aids currently used in Thailand and its adulteration with Emilia sonchifolia DC. 
• C. cinereum may act as nicotine replacement therapy because the leaves and flowers contain tiny amounts of nicotine. Furthermore, an abundance of nitrate salt is found in stem and leaf extracts. A study on the C. cinereum extract revealed that nitrate salt can cause tongue numbness and results in reduced cigarette smell and taste. 

• It has been suggested that regular drinking of herbal teas containing high antioxidant levels may protect smokers from oxidative damage caused by smoking.
• Moreover, a study of C. cinereum and lime in Thailand demonstrated that the herb can reduce smoking urges in two weeks and decrease the number of cigarettes smoked. 
• Another disadvantage of using medications is their side effects, such as nausea, dry mouth, increased appetite, insomnia, and sedation. Therefore, non-medicinal approaches, such as the use of local herbs for smoking cessation, have gained increasing attention because they provide a low cost of treatment with a high percentage of successful quitting of smoking. 

How to use it?

• Add one teaspoon of Little Ironweed Powder into 8 oz of hot water.
• Let steep for 5-10 minutes and enjoy.

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