Lantana’s Hidden Health Benefits You Must Know 🌿

Good morning from sunny Jamaica on the rocks. Yes, today we're talking about Lantana Camara. Yes, Lantana Camara is one of the most common bushes that grows in Jamaica. Yes, believe you me, when I say common, I remember when my grandmother used to boil this and give me as tea. And also because I always have a knee problem, I suffer with a knee problem. So what she normally do is grind this up, rub it up and part the garlic and tie it on my knee and take away the swelling and the inflammation. So I am here as a living testimony to talk about Lantana Camara. I used to love to, let me look for the little, we call it little balls them. You see the little balls them here. You got the green one. And I used to just to love to rub this one here. When it ripe, just rub it and then put in your mouth and suck it and just suck it off. Yeah. That's what I used to do when I was growing up. Cause you know, you're as a child, you're, you're, you're, you're quite curious, isn't it? You're curious to find what is a, um, how all those things like fruit growing. Let me taste it. It has various different colors. This is the main color. That is the bright orange. You've got the pink here. You've got the yellow and you've got the white all together and make a nice Lantana is a beautiful and versatile plant. You know, that's grown a lot in Jamaica. It's very, very wild in Jamaica. You see it growing up on all the fences, but this one is grown in my friend garden. She has them growing in a, in a tire. The colors are beautiful. And, you know, just look at the, the plants. I also just go through and play with those seeds. You know, look at the seeds, look at the flowers and the leaves is another thing as well. It is those other little balls that we used to play with and when it ripened dark, you know, that black thing we used to use, put it in our mouth and, you know, throw it all over the place. But yes, um, Lantana is good for, you know, I use it to wash my scalp, my scalp, you know, itchy scalp dandruff, use it to wash my scalp. That is very good. And then, you know, it grows thick. You have to, they have a lot of undergrowth. If you look on the undergrowth, you see, look at the thickness of the, um, the flowers. Yeah. As I was saying, when you look underneath, yeah, you see how woody it becomes. It's very woody and it can grow, it can get, it can grow for years. You can have the same plant there for years and it keeps flowing because it, it's, it's like a, a oak tree that never gets old. Seriously. But yeah, the favorite color is this orange and red one. And you see how it takes over the fence. It got, you know, you have to take time and take it through from the fence. See, they take time and take it through. It is a beauty of it. Look at the color of the, of the leaves. It is one beautiful plant. It beautifies a garden, but there's so much benefits that this one plant has. Seriously, let's talk about the benefits of Lantana. Lantana has a long history of using in traditional medicine. Studies have, um, suggest it may have anti microbial and anti-inflammatory properties. You see, take the leaves, crush the leaves and rub it on your skin. If you're having cuts or bruises and that relieve it, you know, yeah, the swelling. Cause remember, as I said, it can be used in traditional medicine with various ailments, including fever, respiratory issues, and skin conditions. So if you have eczema, these are the, one of the thing that you can use it. So I remember my grandmother used to crush it up, rub it on your skin, put it in water and use the water and rub and wash off your skin and make your skin beautiful. See, look at, look, look at it. And it have a nice smell. You know, Lantana have that beautiful smell. It attract bees. It is so beautiful in the garden. You just have to just use your hand and just woof your hand across. And the smell is so strong, but yes, Lantana, you can dry it and, and, um, boil it as a tea. And that look, look, and even the petals, you can use the petals. Look how pretty those petals are. Use the petals as along with the leaves and boil as well. So yeah, have a lot of benefit. There's so a lot of things that we have in Jamaica. We don't know the benefit of it. So look, look how beautiful that is. So we need to dig deep into our history. I remember what grandparents used to taught us. You know, these are the things that look, you know, we can just plant them in our home and have it as our traditional medicine and herbal, you know, lots of herbal. And then again, you have a drink of it, put it in the fridge and have a drink of it as water, you know, and wash your hair with it, wash your face with it. And, um, it's easy to catch. You just have a, um, a plant and you can always stick more in the ground and it grows from then. So yeah, lantana is ideal to have in your garden for that moment when you need it for some form of sickness. I use lantana to wash my hair. So I know the benefit of lantana, but, um, lantana is a bee loving plant. It grows right throughout the year in a tropical country, especially in Jamaica where it's growing. So, but yes, this is the one I love. This is the bee. Oh, I love this color. This color is my most favorite, but yeah, as I said, bees love it. And, um, it's, it's my favorite plant in Jamaica right now. Yes. So what's your favorite plant? Let me know in the comments, guys, you know, if you're new to the channel, please remember to support the channel. I am Donna and I have a garden here in London. I grow a lot of stuff, peppers and you name it. But lantana, I picked up on lantana while I was on my vacation and realized that I used to have this as tea when I was growing up, my grandmother and Luke playing with those, um, fruits. We call them, I used to call them little balls. Yeah, man. You know, it brought my childhood, um, to me though, when I was on my vacation, it brought back my childhood. Thanks for watching guys. And see you again on another episode in my garden.