Palo Yaya, the miraculous plant that heals everything

The Yaya stick is very common throughout the Island and grows, preferably, on rocky terrain and on hills and mogotes. It also exists in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Santo Domingo and Haiti.

Yaya's Scientific name is Ozandra laceolata. Sw. Benth.

Yaya is one of the plants that is used in the kitchen as a complement to certain meals, as it gives them the necessary touch to enhance the flavor of the other ingredients. Many people also consume it for its medicinal content for brain diseases, arthritis and diabetes.

And it is that this plant has been used over the years to alleviate numerous ailments and as a prodigious element that can purify the environment.

Legends say that the first to use it were the Mayans, who took it in the form of decoctions to enhance health and provide strength to the body.

Infusions with this plant can help in the treatment of throat infections, skin diseases, teeth, gums and tongue. It also supports children in the development and growth of bones and muscles and women in the critical period of menstruation.

Medicinal properties of the Yaya stick

The yaya stick provides enormous advantages to the human organism, among them are:

pressure regulation
improves blood circulation
reduce weight
increased calcium
it is included in the treatment of ailments of the organism
It is used to deal with painful hemorrhoids.

El palo Yaya in santera practice

In the Lukumí language it is known by the name of: Yayá and Echí and in Congo: Koromeni. Mbékese. Its owner is the great orisha Shango.

We must point out that the Yaya stick is not only used in the Yoruba religion, but in other religious expressions from Africa.

In Palo Monte, for example, Palo Yaya is said to be one of the strongest Palos of all the Nganga and is known as the palo de muerto for Wangara. "war".

For both the Rule of Palo Monte and the Rule of the Ocha (Santeria), the Yaya stick eliminates the bad from the environment and purifies houses and people, so its leaves are included in cleanings and spiritual baths, without linking them with any other plant.

This miraculous stick heals everything and for this reason it is also widely used by spiritualist healers for their works, rituals, spells and decoctions.