| CATUABA
has been, maybe for thousands of years, the most loved and respected
herb for men in that nation of passionate lovers - Brazil!
May
be helpful in alleviating symptoms as follows:
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impotency
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Insomnia
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Exhaustion
and fatigue
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Nervous
debility, agitation, neurasthenia, poor memory or forgetfulness
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Pain
related to the central nervous system
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Hypochondria
(please
read this important notice concerning supplement medical claims)
It is made from the bark of a powerful
tree from the Amazon. The cambium layer - beneath the outer rind - is
fibrous, and is shredded to make a tea taken throughout the day and
last thing at night. In Brazil they often drop a whole piece of bark
into a bottle of rum to make a relaxing night-cap, the alcohol drawing
out the actives. These have been shown to be a relaxant of involuntary
muscle, and a calmer of the mood. Increased blood-flow and the release
of both mental and physical tension are often important steps in the
re-awakening and maintenance of sexual potency in men.
It is the most
famous of all Brazilian aphrodisiac plants. In the Brazilian state of
Minas there is a saying, “Until a father reaches 60, the son is his;
after that, the son is catuaba’s!”
A regular course is recommended, and
the benefits usually come within the first four weeks.
References:
- van Straten, Michael. Guarana: The Energy Seeds and Herbs of
the Amazon Rainforest. Essex, England: C. W. Daniel Company,
Ltd., 1994.
- Garcez, W. S., et al. “Sesquiterpenes from Trichilia
catigua.” Fitoterapia 1997; 68(1): 87–8.
- Satoh, M., et al. “Cytotoxic constituents from Erythroxylum
catuaba. Isolation and cytotoxic activities of cinchonain.” Natural
Med. 2000; 54(2): 97–100.
- Manabe, H., et al. “Effects of catuaba extracts on microbial
and HIV infection.” In Vivo 1992; 6(2): 161–65.
- Vaz, Z. R., et al. “Analgesic effect of the herbal medicine
Catuaba in thermal and chemical models of nociception in mice.” Phytother.
Res. 1997; 11(2): 101–6.
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