We can be grateful to American Indians for a multitude of
herbal and natural medicines. Pau d'arco has a been used as
a medicine by the indigenous people of the rainforest. The
Pau d'arco tree is a broad-leaf evergreen that grows to a
height of 125 feet and produces violet colored flowers
which accounts for it's often being called the "trumpet
tree". It grows well in Peru and Argentina high in the
Andes. It can be found growing in the low-lying areas of
Paraguay and Brazil. It's use goes back in history to
before the Incas. Pau d'arco tree was used to make hunting
bows and as a medicine. It was observed by indigenous
people that when the tree was alive and even after it was
cut down, it never developed growth of mold, mildew, or
fungi.
The Guarani and Topi Indians refer to the tree as "tajy,
which means "to have strength and vigor" i.e. good health.
Tribal medicine people peeled off the tree's bark in long
strips. They then separated the inner and outer layers and
used the inner bark to make healing teas. Pau d' arco has
crystalline oxygen infused in it's inner bark, which is
rich in iron, calcium, selenium, vitamins A, B-complex and
C., magnesium potassium and sodium. These pau d'arco
nutrients make give it antibacterial, antiviral, and
antifungal action which stimulates the immune system and
fights disease. Indigenous people of South America have
used pau d'arco for treating malaria, anemia, colitis,
respiratory problems, colds, cough, flu, fungal infections,
fever, arthritis and rheumatism, poor circulation, skin
irruptions and sexually transmitted disease.
Lapachol, which is a photochemical, is present in the inner
bark of pau d'arco trees has been documented as an
effective natural medicine for use in treating abscesses
and tumors. However, for it to be used to treat conditions
such as cancer, the amount of lapachol, found in pau d'
arco, required to provide and effective dosage, would be
toxic if used as the exclusive treatment. It can however,
be used along with other cancer treatments. Pau d'arco is
given free by the Argentina government to cancer patients
and also leukemia patients because of it's blood purifying
qualities and because it has been know to reduce pain
caused by cancer and it's treatment because of pau 'd
arco's anti-inflammatory effect.
Pau d'arco contains selenium which is one of our body's
natural defenses against yeast infections, vaginally as
well as for topical skin treatment. It's antifungal action
aids in the elimination of candida. Because of it's
antifungal properties, it is useful for fighting fungi that
promotes athlete's foot and other skin infections caused by
fungi. It has also been shown to be effective in treating
other infections such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, strep,
and dysentery. Pau d'arco has a cleansing ability so is
very useful for relieving intestinal infections, destroying
parasites, and restoring colon health. A number of
infection fighting substances known as napthoquinones seem
to destroy certain disease causing bacteria, without
destroying beneficial bacteria. This makes it an excellent
natural antibiotic.
As a preventative, pau d'arco has been shown to help build
our immune system with the stimulation of macrophages that
fight disease. Pau d'arco has a high iron content that
contributes to the elimination of wastes, the assimilation
of nutrients and increasing oxygen supply to needed areas
of the body. It helps improve hemoglobin and red blood cell
corpuscles.. It therefore can be used for relief from
chronic fatigue. Pau d'arco blood cleaning qualities makes
it an excellent anti-allergy, anti-rhumatic, astringent,
and cardiotonic. It is also often used to balance high
blood pressure. It helps tone, balance and strengthen the
heart. Pau d'arco helps to neutralize the poisons involving
the liver which aids the liver in it's blood cleansing
function.. By improving the health of our blood and it's
flow we greatly increase the effectiveness of our immune
system.
Pau d'arco is very useful in treatment and relief of colds,
flu, herpes and hepatitis because of it's antiviral
qualities. It therefore is an excellent alternative or
synthetic prescription or over-the -counter cold and flu
"treatments" that often only suppress symptoms without
actually curing the cause or may carry the risk of
unwanted, sometimes harmful, side effects e.g drowsiness,
etc.
With our concern about the undesired side effects of
prescription antibiotics i.e. destroying beneficial
bacteria or becoming ineffective because of bacterial
mutation, we can find in pau d'arco ,a powerfully effective
natural antibiotic alternative. As is true of many natural
health care remedies, pau d'arco has many general health
care benefits beyond the specific intended purpose. For
example, if we use pau d'arco for relieving a cold, we will
also benefit from it's cleansing action of our blood and
liver, fighting of yeast infection, elimination of
intestinal parasites, etc. We an also benefit from it's
general immune building properties while treating a
specific health condition. Once again, we benefit from the
experience and wisdom of indigenous people, as they
discovered and developed the use of pau d'arco another of
Nature's powerful gifts, a natural antibiotic.
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natural health care products. More information about
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