What is Cat's Claw for?

One of the best known medicinal plants of the Amazon, its bark is used to cure asthma, or at least relieve it, and to treat urinary tract conditions.

But, in addition, it is used to combat many ailments: heal wounds and gastric ulcers, recover from postpartum problems, even use it to cleanse the kidneys, calm arthritis, rheumatism, bone pain.

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But its most promising use is for the cure of cancer. So many supposedly effective properties have stimulated that Unacaria tomentosa has been the subject of much scientific research, especially in large laboratories in industrialized countries.
Pharmacological properties of Cat's Claw.

A wide variety of pharmacological, toxicological and even nutritional compounds have been detected, such as flavonoids, glycosides and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

So much fame has made it available in many pharmacies and popular medicine stalls in three presentations: powder for infusions, tablets and liquid extract.

As a result of these investigations, it has been found that both the bark and the root have a high content of antioxidant substances.

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