Botanical characteristics
Cat’s claw (Uncaria tomentosa) is a perennial herb that belongs to the Madder family. The plant is presented in the form of a woody vine that can grow in tropical forests in South and Central America, and it is also found near the Amazon coast, on mountain slopes, as well as near Peru. The length of the grass is about fifty meters, and its thickness is up to twenty centimeters.
For medicinal purposes, the inner bark of the vine is actively used, it is there that the number of useful components reaches the highest level. One vine matures for about twenty years!
Useful qualities of the plant
Contents
In the structure of the vine there are alkaloids, pteropodines, acid glycosides, isomitraphyllins, isorhophyllins, phenols, steroids, bioflavonoids and a lot of other useful micro-components. The product demonstrates unique healing qualities, and all because of its excellent composition. Many components in the structure of the vine destroy any neoplasms and do not allow oncological ailments to develop. The herb normalizes the number of immunoglobulins in the bloodstream, improves various rheological qualities of the blood flow and reduces the likelihood of thrombosis in the vessels. Demonstrates a cytostatic and anti-inflammatory quality product. Liana destroys viruses in the human body, completely disrupts the mechanism of replication of their DNA.
Since ancient times, the Indians who lived on the Amazon knew about the healing qualities of the vine and constantly consumed powder, which was dried from the vines and crushed. The powder was used to heal many gastrointestinal ailments, to relieve all the symptoms of colds, viruses and infections, and the product also stimulated the activity of the reproductive system in the male audience. The remedy from the vine cures impotence and erectile ailments. The plant helps in the treatment of arthritis, cancer ailments, although the scientific community has only recently become interested in the cat’s claw. Studies have been conducted that have shown that the plant demonstrates its effects at the cellular level, has a powerful effect on the immune system and reactivates the functional features of the body. The product is very valuable and is actively used in pharmacology in the production of medicines.
The usefulness of the rhizome of the plant
The root demonstrates a powerful effect on the immune system, begins to work immediately after ingestion at the cellular level. The product is famous for its unsurpassed qualities, healing properties. It has a beneficial effect on the dermis, strengthens it and blood vessels, stimulates, gives elasticity and elasticity. This part of the plant is responsible for the destruction of the resulting tumor cells. In addition, the product normalizes the parameters of immunoglobulins in the bloodstream. The rhizome improves blood flow, prevents platelets from forming and reduces the likelihood of their occurrence in the bloodstream.
The product also demonstrates anti-inflammatory and cytostatic qualities. The rhizome helps the body to overcome inflammatory ailments in the gastrointestinal tract, ulcerative and erosive ailments in the intestine faster and more effectively. This part of the plant also has a beneficial effect on the healing process from such ailments as colitis, hemorrhoids, ulcers, dysbiosis, gastritis.
The products provide the body with an additional charge of strength to fight arthritis, arthrosis, rheumatism, bursitis, varicose veins, thrombophlebitis. The rhizome lowers blood pressure, as well as cholesterol levels in the bloodstream. The product demonstrates an anti-estrogenic effect.
Indications and contraindications
The plant is actively used to cure allergic reactions, viral infections, inflammatory mechanisms of varying severity and localization. Liana demonstrates a powerful immunostimulating effect, it is used to treat oncological ailments, while stimulating the protective qualities of the body.
The plant is used to normalize the hormonal background in the human body, to heal ulcerative gastrointestinal ailments, viral and bacterial ailments. Cat’s claw can heal diabetes, arthritis, prostatitis, malaise in the reproductive system, premenstrual syndrome, various gynecological ailments, skin rashes, disorders in blood circulation, thrombosis, myalgia, mental disorders, depression. Liana is an excellent product that allows you to eliminate all the consequences of poisoning the body with various drugs, chemotherapy and radiation.
Contraindications for taking the plant are also available. This:
- Young age;
- Pregnancy and lactation;
Another plant is not recommended to be consumed by patients who have donated organs in order to avoid even the slightest chance of rejection. Always consult a doctor before starting to consume the product. You should not self-medicate if your doctor is against it.
Medicinal recipes
- Do you want to increase your immunity? Then prepare a delicious and extremely healthy tea from the plant. Take two grams of vine bark for this, pour the raw materials into a heat-resistant container and pour a liter of water, bring the drink to a boil and cook over low heat for ten minutes. Then filter the drink and wait until it cools down a little. The tea is ready, you can already drink it. For the taste, it is allowed to add honey.
- For the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments, you can make an infusion from a plant. To do this, prepare tea from liana according to the recipe that was given above and put the finished drink in a dark place for a day. After this time, your medicine will be ready. Drink the infusion thirty minutes before the start of the meal.
- To cure arthritis, you can prepare an alcohol tincture from a vine. Take half a liter of vodka and infuse twenty grams of raw materials in the liquid for five days.
Interesting information
- The presented plant has been known for a long time to the Indians living in the Amazon. The local population considers the vine a sacred plant and reveres it.
- The liana was described for the first time only in the eighteenth century under the name Uncaria Tomentosa, but its research was started only in 1952! French scientists became interested in the plant, but they could not discover anything interesting and abandoned the case. In 1974, the cat’s claw was rediscovered by a scientist from Austria. His name was Klaus Kleppinger and the researcher was studying the life and way of life of the Peruvian Indians. The scientist was struck by the qualities of the plant, its medicinal features and he learned that the vine demonstrates an oncoprotective effect, because the Indians did not have cancer.
- After the stunning discovery of the Austrian scientist, various laboratories from Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Austria became interested in the plant. Research work continued and scientists made a lot of other discoveries. They learned that cat’s claw is a natural cure for malaria and yellow fever!
In 1988, a brilliant report was made at the international congress, where it was said that plants showed themselves perfectly in the fight against oncological ailments. More than seven hundred patients participated in the treatment, and they were treated for four years. - The cost of raw materials varies from twenty-five to one hundred dollars. The cost, first of all, depends on the quality of raw materials. The higher the quality, the more expensive the product.
Cat’s claw is used to make teas and coffee. - To date, in Germany, Austria, the extract from the plant is considered potent, because it is sold to customers only according to prescriptions from doctors.
- In terms of medicinal qualities, the plant surpassed even the most famous herbs that have been used in medicine since ancient times: ginseng, astragalus, echinacea, ant tree and so on.
The plant is actively used to cure colds, flu, allergic reactions, genital herpes, neurodermatitis, arthritis and so on. - The extract from the cat’s claw affects even the immunodeficiency virus or, in simple words, HIV.
- Therefore, patients are credited with plant extract for therapy.Cat’s claw is a unique plant known for its medicinal qualities and capable of curing a lot of ailments. It should be consumed correctly, otherwise you can overdo it and get the strongest poisoning.