Stachys Lavandulifolia

Scientific Name: Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl. Synonyms: Sideritis calycantha M.Bieb., Zietenia lavandulifolia (Vahl) Link English Name: Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear Other Names in English (UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand): Stachys Family: Lamiaceae

🟣 Industries That Use Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear (Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl)

This delicate, pink-purple flowering plant—known as “Chaie Koohi” or Iranian Lamb’s Ear—is widely used in herbal medicine, functional teas, and nutraceutical supplements. Its gentle calming, antispasmodic, and digestive properties make it valuable across several industries.

🟣 What Is Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear?

Stachys lavandulifolia, part of the Lamiaceae (mint) family, is a low-growing perennial herb with wooly leaves and lavender-pink flowers. It is native to Iran and Anatolia, thriving in mountainous regions.

Unlike the better-known Borago officinalis (“true” Gol Gavzaban), this species is non-toxic, milder, and often preferred in Persian traditional medicine for anxiety, digestive issues, and menstrual discomfort. The aerial parts (especially the flowering tops) are harvested for use.

1. Pharmaceutical & Herbal Medicine Industry 💊

Pink Lamb’s Ear is used in:

• Herbal infusions for mild anxiety, insomnia, and nervous stomach

• Anti-spasmodic and menstrual relief teas

• Adjunct therapy in IBS, gastritis, and nervous palpitations

• Soothing blends for migraine and light neuralgia

✅ Widely used in Iranian and Turkish pharmacopoeias as dried whole herb or flowering top infusions.

2. Nutraceutical & Functional Food Industry 🧃

Valued as a functional herbal tea ingredient:

• Found in calming herbal teas, often with lemon balm, chamomile, or valerian

• Used in supplements for PMS, mild depression, and stress relief

• Marketed in herbal capsules or loose-leaf blends for sleep and digestion

✅ Contains monoterpenes, flavonoids, and phenolic acids with anxiolytic effects.

3. Cosmetic & Aromatherapy Industry 🧴

Though limited in direct cosmetic use, its extracts are:

• Included in aromatherapeutic oil infusions for relaxation

• Sometimes used in herbal facial steams or natural bath products

• Found in wellness tea rituals that complement skin health via stress relief

✅ Gentle scent and calming profile may inspire niche beauty-wellness products.

4. Veterinary & Ethnoveterinary Use 🐑

In traditional Iranian ethnoveterinary practices, it may be used:

• In mild herbal teas for small livestock with digestive issues

• As a gentle anti-anxiety additive in post-transport recovery

✅ Use is largely anecdotal and non-commercial; more research emerging.

5. Herbal Tea & Wellness Market 🍵

This is the primary commercial application:

• Sold as single-ingredient tisanes in Iran and neighboring countries

• Used in blended formulas with rose petals, mallow, ziziphora, etc.

• Branded as a natural sleep tea, nervine, and gut soother

✅ Often wild-harvested; usually packed as dried flowering tops.

🟣 Summary Table – Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear (Stachys lavandulifolia)

🌱 Key Features:

• Contains flavonoids, monoterpenes, phenolic acids, rosmarinic acid

• Popular in Iranian Traditional Medicine for nervous and gastrointestinal support

• Valued for calmative, antispasmodic, digestive, and mood-balancing effects

• Available as whole dried flowering tops; sometimes finely sifted for tea sachets

• Safe, well-tolerated, and used for daily wellness rituals

PRODUCT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 

Persian Name: چای کوهی، چای پشمی/ Chai Kouhi, Chai Pashmi
German Name (Deutschland, Austria, Switzerland): Lavendelblättriger Ziest
French Name (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec): Epiaire à feuilles de lavande

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About Stachys Lavandulifolia Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear is a herbaceous and perennial plant whose height reaches forty centimeters. The stems of this red-brown plant are relatively thin and fluffy, and their cross section is circular. The leaves are grayish green, dull, elongated, narrow, pointed, hairy, and slightly thick, and they usually grow in fours and opposite. The flowers of Stachys lavandulifolia are tabbed and pink and each has two petals. The lower petal of these flowers is bigger and two small cuts can be seen on it. But the upper petals are smaller and oval. The flowers of this plant grow in spikes and are very fragrant. The sepals of these flowers are purple and their many hairs make them look like a ball of wool.

Stachys Chemical Constituents The main components are germacrene-D (13.2%), β-phellandrene (12.7%), β-pinene (10.2%), myrcene (9.4%), α-pinene (8.4%) and Z-β-ocimene (5.8%).   Stachys Lavandulifolia Temperament Hot and dry.

Stachys Health Benefits Stachys lavandulifolia heals cold spasm. It is very effective in treating urinary tract kidney stones. Its decoction is also used for most moisture diseases, especially rheumatic diseases and joint pain. It has sedative effect for the nervous system. Using Stachys lavandulifolia eliminates mental fatigue. It’s an energy producer and bracing herb, that’s why it can be used to relieve fatigue and boredom in depressed people. Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear increases appetite. This plant is effective in treating and improving colds. It opens the hoarseness of the voice and is expectorant.

10. Drinking Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear is useful for anemia.

11. It cures bloody diarrhea.

12. Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear kills viruses and strengthens the immune system.

13. It has an effective role in treating some diseases such as paralysis, meningitis, tetanus and pertussis.

14. Repellent of concentrated phlegm humors that has accumulated in the lungs or uterus or intestines.

15. It also increases sexual power.

16. If you are suspected to cerebral hemorrhage or there is a possibility of cerebral hemorrhage, certainly use this medicine.

17. There is a red substance in the middle of the leaves of this herb, which is used to eliminate burns. For many years, Pink Cotton Lamb’s Ear has been used as a very useful medicine for healing wounds.

18. New research shows that Stachys can kill viruses and even affect the AIDS virus. AIDS patients have been consuming this plant for a while, which strengthens their immune system and reduces disease.

 

Stachys Lavandulifolia Side Effect Eating Stachys has many considerations and it must be consumed under the supervision of a doctor, because its improper consumption will have harmful effects on hot temperament and pregnant women. Pregnant women: because Stachys kills the fetus, pregnant women are not allowed to eat it, and even if they give boiled incense of this herb under the uterus, it will cause abortion. People who are taking birth control pills, asthma, colds and allergies. Excessive use of Stachys is harmful for hot-temperament people and causes bloody urine.

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