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Pau d'Arco

Amazonian Pau d'Arco is the only tree in the rainforest that doesn't have fungus growing on it. It is an incredible herb with many beneficial qualities. It has great cleansing and anti-fungal properties.

Pau d'Arco has been used by shaman in Brazil for at least a thousand years. Its use gradually spread to other parts of South America and beyond. Kallawaya tribal healers of Bolivia and Brazil call this bark tea "tajibo." In Peru a tea made from the inner bark, known as "tarota," is used by tribal healers of the Asháninka, Campas and Inca tribes. Pau d'Arco tea is also used traditionally by the Huastec Mayan people of Mexico. Recent pharmacologic studies have uncovered the anti-tumor agent lapachol, as well as the anti-candidas agent xylidione, and the consistent effects of both have gathered the interest of the global pharmacological community. Claims that the tea contains a large proportion of oxygen in solution have peaked the interest of the oxygen-therapy movement, and it is being considered for anti-AIDS/HIV testing.

Pau d'arco, or the inner bark of the Tabebuia avellanedae tree, is native to Brazil, where it is used traditionally to treat a wide range of conditions including pain, arthritis, inflammation of the prostate gland (prostatitis), fever, dysentery, boils and ulcers, and various cancers. Preliminary laboratory research examining the properties of pau d'arco is beginning to suggest that the traditional uses may have scientific merit. Such laboratory studies have shown that pau d'arco has pain killing, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-infectious, anti-psoriatic, and anti-cancer abilities. Taking this early data, combined with information collected about traditional uses, herbalists may recommend pau d'arco to treat or prevent a number of conditions, including candidiasis (a yeast infection of the vaginal or oral areas), herpes simplex virus, influenza, parasitic diseases such as schistosomiasis, bacterial infections such as brucellosis, and inflammation of the cervix (cervicitis) or the vagina (vaginitis). Pau d'arco may also reduce inflammation of the joints associated with arthritis.

The normal preparation is a small amount of scraped bark prepared as a tea. The taste is reported to be heady and pleasant. This powder can be used directly in your healing creations like smoothies, juices, teas, salads and dressings.

This Pau d'Arco is ethically harvested without killing the tree. The sale of this product helps protect the rainforest from being cut down for cattle farming and supports indigineous peoples.

PAU D'ARCO TEA, has shown that it may hold the secret for the successful treatment of cancer and other diseases. Dr Daniel B. Mowry, PhD, states in his widely published article on Pau d'Arco that "whole Lapacho has produced clinical anti-cancer effects without side effects." Read Dr. Mowry's extensive research and history of Pau d'Arco published here. Over the last 15 years I have received many reports and testimonials from terminal cancer victims relating their miraculous cures of this deadly disease.

Medical practioners in South America have used Pau D'Arco Tea as a primary treatment for cancer for many decades.

Read Below What Doctor's have to say!

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, nor is this information meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Pau D'Arco; the Indians call it "Taheebo", the Portuguese "Ipe Roxo", and the Spanish "Lapacho" or "Tabebuia".

This fascinating herb is taken from the inner bark of the tall tree called La Pacho. It is an ozoniferous plant, and grows only in the mountains of the Andes, where there is ozone. Ozone air is fresh, pure, and free from pollution, smog, exhaust, smoke and pesticides.

Pau D'Arco has been used since the time of the Incas by the Callaways, a traditional tribe or caste of healers, which flourished before the Spanish and Portuguese invasion in the early 1500's. During the past 400 years, these traditional healers have occasionally seen and ministered to white men, but the tree whose miraculous inner bark they used was not officially "discovered" until about 20 years ago by two health practioners Teodoro Meyer, M.D. and Prats Ruiz, M.D.

Dr. Teodoro Meyer, Professer of Botany and Plant Geography of the National Unoiversity of Tucuman in Argentina, found the inner bark to possess a wide range of properties. Dr, Meyer states Pau D'Arco is "analgesic, sedative, decongestant, diuretic, and hypotensive". Such properties have justified its use for many different ailments.

Recently a new use has been found for Pau D'Arco which may allow thousands of allergic and chemically sensitive people to live more comfortable lives. Researchers have discovered that the Pau D'Arco tree is the only type of vegetation known that will not permit the development of fungus, Most plant life when exposed to water and weather become covered with spores which lead to fungus formation. This doesn't occur with Pau D'Arco. The tree has an uncommon resistance.

This discovery has led to an experimentation on people who have yeast or mold allergy, the assumption being that these same properties may discourage Candida Albicans {a common yeast} long suspected to be the causative factor in food allergy. Another researcher, Dr, Robert Owens, has found Candida Albicans to be correlated with "Chemical Hypersensitivity and other immunological-related disorders." The hope has been raised that not only might Pau D'Arco control the yeast and mold allergy, but also many other sensitivities as well.

Dr. Jeffrey Andersen, M.D., a Mill Valley, California health practitioner, treated a woman with a difficult yeast infection. "Two hours after using the tea as a douche the vaginal yeast infection was cleared up nicely," he says. Dr. Anderson's patients now begin drinking Pau D'Arco tea-1/2 to 1 cup tea per day, increasing to a maintenance dose of 4 cups per day in approximately 1 month.

Those who are using Pau D'Arco report that sometimes the symptoms become worse initially, This is attributed to "yeast die-off." The theory is that as the yeast die and are filtered into the bloodstream they cause allergic reactions. These reactions last only a short time.

Phyllis Saifer, M.D., a clinical ecologist from Berkeley, reports good results from members of the Environmental Illness Association who are now using Pau D'Arco. Two members who previously experienced incapacitating cerebral symptoms now claim to be in good health with few or no remaining symptoms. One of the victims had been taking 16 Nystatin pills (an anti-yeast medication) daily. She now takes one every 7 days.

Dr. Walter Accorsi, doing clinical studies at the Municipal Hospital Santo Andre, said: "From my first experiments with Pau D'Arco, I learned two important things that greatly encouraged me in regard to cancer: first it eliminates the pain and second, it multiplies the amount of red corpuscles."

The Cancer Institute has this report in "Cancer Chemotherapy Reports" Part 2, Vol. 4, No. 4, Dec. 1974:"More recently Pau D'Arco contains Quechua, a substance found to be a powerful antibiotic with virus-killing properties."

Clinical studies showed that Pau D'Arco has no contraindications, no incompatabilities, and has been proven to be non-toxic. However, the most innocuous of agents could finally become toxic if taken in large enough amounts.

OTHER COMMENTS

Dr. Norman Farnsworth of the University of Illinois confirms the claims that Pau D' Arco contains a substance that is highly effective against cancers. While many herbs are credited with properties that stop cell growth, Pau d'Arco contains compounds which seem to attack the cause of the disease.

Dr. James Duke of the National Institute of Health (NIH) agrees that Pau D'Arco undoubtedly contains a substance found to be highly effective against cancers.

John Heinerman, a medical anthropologist who specializes in the study of herbal medicines, says, "It sounds too good to be true, but it seems to have earned for itself considerable merit in the successful treatment of most forms of cancer, diabetes, and certain other debilitating diseases..."

R.C. Pilsner, D.Sc. and licensed nutrition specialist, writes, "Being a biochemist, I have researched and analyzed many elements for their nutrient value and their peculiar selective actions on...organs and tissues." Pilsner has discovered that certain herbs emit an ultraviolet wave known as Gurwich rays. These rays stimulate cell metabolism and the body's own ability to rejuvenate itself. He believes that herbs emitting the Gerwich rays include Pau D'Arco. Pilsner has subjected Pau D'Arco to rigorous laborotory tests and recommends daily use of Pau D'Arco tea as a nutritional supplement.

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