Verbena in Herbal Medicine: Properties of Verbena

consisting of the aerial parts

bitters (verbenaloside, verbenin);

Glycosidic phenylpropanoids (verbascoside, cukovoside);

Essential oil;

Flavonoids;

Derivatives of caffeic acid.

. Native to the European continent, verbena prefers calcareous soils. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant even if, as we will see below, various properties are attributed to it which justify its use in herbal medicine.