Anti-Inflammatory

By On August 31, 2011 · In Ailments Guide

Mulungu Powder Erythrina mulungu
Mulungu Powder Erythrina mulungu
In both North and South American herbal medicine systems mulungu is considered to be an excellent sedative to calm agitation and nervous coughs and to treat other nervous system problems including insomnia and anxiety. It also is widely used for asthma, bronchitis, gingivitis, hepatitis, inflammation of the liver and spleen, intermittent fevers, and to clear obstructions in the liver.
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Yerba Mate Powder Ilex paraguayensis
Yerba Mate Powder Ilex paraguayensis
Yerba mate was has been used as a beverage since the time of the ancient Indians of Brazil and Paraguay. In the early 16th century, Juan de Solís, a Spanish explorer of South America's famed La Plata River, reported that the Guarani Indians of Paraguay brewed a leaf tea that "produced exhilaration and relief from fatigue." The Spaniards tried the beverage and liked it. Their subsequent demand for the tea led the Jesuits to develop plantations of the wild species in Paraguay and yerba mate became known as "Jesuits' tea" or "Paraguay tea".
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Vassourinha Powder Scoparia dulcis
Vassourinha Powder Scoparia dulcis
The Tikuna Indians make a decoction for washing wounds, and women drink the same decoction for three days each month during menstruation as a contraceptive and/or to induce abortions. In the rainforests of Guyana, indigenous tribes use a leaf decoction as an antiseptic wash for wounds, as an anti-nausea aid for infants, as a soothing bath to treat fever, and in poultices for migraine headaches.
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Ubos Bark Powder Spondias mombin
Ubos Bark Powder Spondias mombin
Traditionally used for colds, flu and viruses. Also for candidiasis and other yeast infections.
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Tamamuri Powder Brosimum acutifolium
Tamamuri Powder Brosimum acutifolium
Tamamuri is a very common and well-respected remedy for rheumatism and arthritis throughout the Amazon and in traditional medicine systems in South America. It is also a very common remedy for syphilis, which is how it earned one of its common names, "vegetable mercury." Mercury was the leading treatment for syphilis in the late 1800s and early 1900s. . . and before we knew any better!
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Tamamuri DISCONTINUED, INFO ONLY
A Highly respected remedy for rheumatism and arthritis.
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Suma Powder Pfaffia paniculata
Suma Powder Pfaffia paniculata
In South America suma is known as para toda (which means "for all things") and as Brazilian ginseng, since it is widely used as an adaptogen with many applications (much as "regular" ginseng). The indigenous peoples of the Amazon region who named it para toda have used suma root for generations for a wide variety of health purposes, including as a general tonic; as an energy, rejuvenating, and sexual tonic; and as a general cure-all for many types of illnesses. Suma has been used as an aphrodisiac, a calming agent, and to treat ulcers for at least 300 years.
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Sarsaparilla Powder Smilax officinalis
Sarsaparilla Powder Smilax officinalis
Used for centuries by the indigenous peoples of Central and South America for sexual impotence, rheumatism, skin ailments, and as a general tonic for physical weakness. It has long been used by tribes in Peru and Honduras for headaches and joint pain, and against the common cold.
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Sangre de Grado Resin (traditional use - Powerful Anti-Viral)
Sangre de Grado Resin (traditional use - Powerful Anti-Viral)
Dragon's Blood! Nature's Powerful Anti-Viral A pure natural resin extracted from the sangre de grado tree (Croton lechleri) which is also called "dragon's blood." Sangre de grado resin is a storehouse of plant chemicals including proanthocyanidins (antioxidants), simple phenols, diterpenes, phytosterols, and biologically active alkaloids and lignans.
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Samambaia Powder Polypodium sp
Samambaia Powder Polypodium sp
The plant historically has been used by the indigenous peoples of Honduras for malignant tumors, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis. In the Amazon rainforest a maceration of the rhizome is used for fever; grated fresh, it is made into a tea for whooping cough and kidney problems. The Boras Indians (in the Peruvian Amazon) prepare the leaves in a drink for coughs.
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Picão Preto Powder Bidens pilosa
Picão Preto Powder Bidens pilosa
Peruvian Amazon picão preto is used for aftosa (foot-and-mouth disease), angina, diabetes, menstrual disorders, hepatitis, laryngitis, intestinal worms and for internal and external inflammations. In Piura region of Peru, a decoction of the roots is used for alcoholic hepatitis and worms.
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Manacá Powder Brunfelsia uniflora
Manacá Powder Brunfelsia uniflora
One Amazonian curandero (near Pucallpa, Peru) uses a root tea for adult fevers, arthritis and rheumatism, back pain, common colds, bronchitis, lung disease and tuberculosis, snakebite, and as an enema for kidney disorders and ulcers. Indigenous tribes in the northwest Amazon utilize manacá to increase urination and perspiration in detoxification rituals. They also use it for fever, rheumatism, snakebite, syphilis, and yellow fever.
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Macela Powder Achyrocline satureoides
Macela Powder Achyrocline satureoides
It is also employed as an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, menstrual promoter, sedative, and analgesic for gastric disturbances, liver problems, diarrhea, and dysentery. This same infusion (or a slightly stronger one) is used externally for rheumatism, neuralgia, sore muscles, and even menstrual pain.
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Jergon Sacha Powder Dracontium loretense
Jergon Sacha Powder Dracontium loretense
Indian tribes in Guyana also employ it as an antidote for stingray wounds, spider bites, and for poison dart and arrow wounds (where the poison, called curare, is prepared with poisonous plant and animal parts, including snake and/or frog venom). Other Indian cultures believe that beating the legs and feet with the leaves and/or stems of jergón sacha will prevent snakes from biting them.
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Jatoba Powder Hymenaea courbaril
Jatoba Powder Hymenaea courbaril
The bark was described by Dr. J. Monteiro Silva who recommended it for diarrhea, dysentery, general fatigue, intestinal gas, dyspepsia, hematuria, bladder problems, and hemoptysis (coughing blood from the lungs). The resin was recommended for all types of upper respiratory and cardiopulmonary problems.
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Iporuru Powder Alchornea castaneifolia 2
Iporuru Powder Alchornea castaneifolia 2
As a local remedy for rheumatism, arthritis, colds, and muscle pains. It is well known to the indigenous peoples of Peru for relieving the symptoms of osteoarthritis, and in aiding flexibility and range of motion. The Candochi-Shapra and the Shipibo Indian tribes use both the bark and roots for treating rheumatism.
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Huacapu Powder Minquartia guianensis
Huacapu Powder Minquartia guianensis
The bark is also often used as a malaria remedy, as well as for tuberculosis, hepatitis, and rheumatism by various Indian communities in the Amazon. The outer bark is considered "too strong a medicine" therefore, more often, the inner bark is used when preparing remedies for humans.
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Guaco Powder Mikania guaco
Guaco Powder Mikania guaco
In Brazil, guaco is well known and well regarded as an effective natural bronchodilator, expectorant and cough suppressant employed for all types of upper respiratory problems including bronchitis, pleurisy, colds and flu, coughs, and asthma; as well as for sore throats, laryngitis, and fever.
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Guacatonga Powder Casearia sylvestris
Guacatonga Powder Casearia sylvestris
It is currently used in Brazilian herbal medicine systems as a blood purifier, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral to treat rheumatism, syphilis, herpes, stomach and skin ulcers, edema, fevers of all kinds, diarrhea, and as an topical pain-reliever.
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Gervâo Powder Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Gervâo Powder Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
It is employed mainly today by Brazilian herbalists and practitioners as a stomach tonic; to stimulate the function of the gastrointestinal tract; for dyspepsia, allergies, asthma, and fevers; and for chronic liver problems. Gervâo is also used in Brazil as a diuretic for various urinary complaints and as a mild laxative for constipation.
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Erva Tostão Powder Boerhaavia diffusa
Erva Tostão Powder Boerhaavia diffusa
It is employed in Brazilian herbal medicine to stimulate the emptying of the gallbladder, as a diuretic, for all types of liver disorders (including jaundice and hepatitis), gallbladder pain and stones, urinary tract disorders, renal disorders, kidney stones, cystitis, and nephritis. In Ayurvedic herbal medicine systems in India, the roots are employed as a diuretic, digestive aid, laxative, and menstrual promoter and to treat gonorrhea, internal inflammation of all kinds, edema, jaundice, menstrual problems, anemia, and liver, gallbladder, and kidney disorders.
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Embauba Powder Cecropia peltata
Embauba Powder Cecropia peltata
Indian tribes in the Amazon use embauba for its anti-inflammatory properties-typically for rheumatic, kidney and lung inflammations. The leaf is made into a tea and used widely for asthma and other upper respiratory complaints, as well as for diabetes.
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Culen Powder Otholobium glandulosum Psoralea glandulosa
Culen Powder Otholobium glandulosum Psoralea glandulosa
Culen is used in Bolivia as an emmenagogue with the leaves brewed into a tea to balance menstrual cycles and for various female complaints. In Brazil, the leaf tea (infusion) is considered to be antiasthmatic, antidiabetic, diaphoretic, emollient and vulnerary. In herbal medicine systems in Chile culen is used as an as an anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, appetitive, bronchodilator, carminative, diaphoretic, emetic, emollient, febrifuge, purgative, stomachic, and vulnerary. It is often relied on for enteritis, digestive disorders, hemorrhoids, intestinal worms, skin problems, syphilis, and wounds.
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Copaiba Oil (traditional use - Skin Care & Massage) DISCONTINUED-INFO ONLY
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Skin care and massage
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Condurango Powder Marsdenia cundurango
Condurango Powder Marsdenia cundurango
Condurango has long been used for a variety of digestive and stomach problems by the local people where this tropical vine grows. It aids digestion by being a bitter stimulant to increase digestive juices.
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Chuchuhuasi Powder Maytenus krukovii
Chuchuhuasi Powder Maytenus krukovii
Used traditionally for back pain
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Chuchuhuasi (traditional use - For Arthritis & Back Pain) DISCONTINUED-INFO ONLY
Chuchuhuasi (traditional use - For Arthritis & Back Pain) DISCONTINUED-INFO ONLY
Indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest have been using the bark of chuchuhuasi medicinally for centuries; its name means "trembling back" which describes its long history of use for back pain.
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Carqueja Powder Baccharis genistelloides
Carqueja Powder Baccharis genistelloides
Other popular uses for carqueja in Brazilian herbal medicine today are to treat malaria, diabetes, stomach ulcers, sore throat and tonsillitis, angina, anemia, diarrhea, indigestion, hydropsy, urinary inflammation, kidney disorders, intestinal worms, leprosy, and poor blood circulation.
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Canchalagua Powder Schkuhria pinnata
Canchalagua Powder Schkuhria pinnata
By far, the most popular use for canchalgua in Peru is for its blood cleansing effect and as a digestive remedy.
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Brazilian Peppertree Powder Schinus molle
Brazilian Peppertree Powder Schinus molle
In the Brazilian Amazon, a bark tea is used as a laxative, and a bark-and-leaf tea is used as a stimulant and antidepressant. In Argentina, a decoction is made with the dried leaves and is taken for menstrual disorders and is also used for respiratory and urinary tract infections and disorders.
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Bellaco-Caspi Powder Himatanthus sucuuba
Bellaco-Caspi Powder Himatanthus sucuuba
Practitioners and herbalists in Brazil recommend it for lymphatic gland diseases and inflammation; female disorders such as endometriosis, uterine fibroid tumors, menstrual irregularities and pain, ovarian cysts and ovarian inflammation; cancerous tumors and skin cancers; digestion problems such as indigestion, stomachaches, bowel inflammation and gastric ulcers; general pain and inflammation (arthritis, rheumatism, and fractures); coughs, fevers, headaches, asthma and other lung disorders, and various skin issues such as wounds, ulcers, and rashes.
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Andiroba Oil (traditional use - Natural Insect Repellent) DISCONTINUED-INFO ONLY
Andiroba Oil (traditional use - Natural Insect Repellent) DISCONTINUED-INFO ONLY
Andiroba Oil is an emollient nut oil which has been processed from the seeds or nuts of the Amazonian tree, Carapa guianensis. The Indians in the Amazon have used andiroba oil for centuries as a natural insect repellent.
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Ajos Sacha Powder Mansoa alliacea
Ajos Sacha Powder Mansoa alliacea
Ajos Sacha is traditionally used for coughs, colds, flu, pneumonia and upper respiratory conditions.
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