Botanical Name

Common Name

Guaçatonga

Part Used

Stem and Leaf

Possible benefit

Guacatonga is considered a safe plant and a great natural herbal remedy for ulcers, inflammation, and pain, and will continue to be used as a snakebite remedy throughout the Amazon jungles by the indigenous peoples.

Many cancer research are making with Guacatonga's especially with sarcomas. These types of tumors typically grow very quickly, are resistant to many of the approved cancer drugs, and represent a bleak prognosis for most cancer patients.

Active Compounds

Casearins, caprionic acid, casearia clerodane I thru VI, casearvestrin A thru C, hesperitin, lapachol, and vicenin.

Suggested Usage

Gastritis, ulcer, healing, insects bites, itches, thrush, herpes and offensive breath, anticancerous, antitumorous, antiulcerous, antivenin, anti-inflammatory

Directions

 Take 3 capsules 2-3 times daily or as directed by a healthcare professional

Twenty grams of dried leaves are infused in a liter of water and quarter-cup amounts are taken 2-3 times daily with meals as a digestive and anti-ulcer aid.

No reported