YERBERO · herbolarioNo. 133

Nombre: Pata de vaca
English: Cow's foot leaf
Botánica: Bauhinia forficata
Parte: Hoja · leaf
Forma: Crushed dried leaf
Origen: Mexico
Colecta: wildcrafted, as the bag says
Peso neto: 0.75 oz

Hojas · Dried leaves

YERBERO Pata de vaca

Cow's foot leaf · Bauhinia forficata

Also sold as bauhinia, cow's hoof leaf

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$6.99$9.32 per oz

Size

This bag: 20+ servings (as printed). Price from our last catalog update; the checkout shows the current one.

Té, an infusion

One tablespoon in a strainer in a mug or teapot. Pour hot water over it, cover and let it sit 3 to 5 minutes, then lift the strainer out. (As printed on the bag.)

Cocimiento, a decoction, as the product description gives it: One tablespoon of crushed leaf to 12 oz of water. Boil 15 minutes, take it off the heat and let it rest 10 minutes covered, then strain.

Shelf: Dried leaves
Sizes: 2 sizes
Plant part: Leaf
From: $6.99

Crushed leaf, measured by the spoon

Pata de vaca reaches you crushed, not whole: the dried leaf of Bauhinia forficata, wildcrafted in Mexico. The bag prints a short steep. One tablespoon goes into a strainer in a mug or teapot, hot water goes over it, and the cup sits covered three to five minutes before you lift the strainer out.

The product description gives a longer cocimiento: a tablespoon to 12 oz of water, boiled 15 minutes, then 10 minutes covered off the heat. Because the leaf is already broken, a tablespoon is a steady measure either way and you never count leaves. The 0.75 oz bag holds 20 or more servings, and our 8 oz bag is more than ten times the leaf.

In the YERBERO catalog, Pata de vaca is filed under P in the herbolario A–Z, next to Polen de abeja.

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