Botanical name: Gaultheria procumbens
Other name: American Wintergreen, Boxberry, Checkerberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen, Deerberry, Eastern Spicy-wintergreen, Eastern Teaberry, Eastern Wintergreen, Ground Holly, Ground Tea, Mountain Tea, Mountain-tea, Redberry Wintergreen, Spiceberry, and Spicy Wintergreen.
Wintergreen Leaf Powder is the powdered iteration of the leaves from the wintergreen plant, recognized as Eastern Teaberry or Gaultheria procumbens. These leaves house a compound named methyl salicylate, imparting a distinctive minty aroma and serving as a natural reservoir of salicylic acid. Widely utilized as a flavoring agent in foods and beverages, Wintergreen leaf powder also finds application in specific herbal remedies.
Medicinal Uses:
- Headache
- Other types of pain
- Fever
- Gas (flatulence)
- Other conditions
