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Safety and efficacy:

Cat’s claw has a low toxicity. The juice of the stems and roots could boost the immune system. Not be given to children, pregnant women or nursing mothers.
Do not use before or after an organ transplant or bone marrow and immune function raising. You may have a mild anti-coagulant effect.

Adverse Reactions:

High doses can cause diarrhea, low blood pressure, dizziness and bruising or bleeding gums.
Cat’s claw may interact with some medications. Exercise caution while taking lovastatin (Mevacor), ketoconazole (Nizoral), itraconazole (Sporanox), fexofenadine (Allegra) and triazolam (Halcion). Read the rest of this entry »

Why People with HIV use cat’s claw?

Many people with HIV are attracted to herbs that supposedly boost the immune system. However, not yet documented the benefits of cat’s claw in humans. It is also possible that cat’s claw may stimulate the immune system in ways that lead to the progression of HIV disease. No controlled studies do not know whether good or bad effects.

The sellers of vitamins and herbal products promote cat’s claw as a possible treatment for a wide range of health conditions. Some promotional materials call it a “miracle herb” and say it is stronger than many other herbal products. These statements are not documented by careful research.

How do I use?

The traditional use of cat’s claw was to make a tea of ​​inner bark of the vine. Herbalists offer cat’s claw in capsules of dried bark powder, as a fluid extract for use under the tongue, such as tea bags and bark and root of volume to make tea. It is difficult to know the best dosage. Also, there is no way to regulate the concentration of the active ingredients of cat’s claw. Contains at least six chemicals that are supposed to have health benefits. Read the rest of this entry »

Immunostimulant: as an immuno-stimulating and supportive therapy for cancer (to reduce side effects of chemotherapy and cell protector)

- It is useful in cancer, AIDS, systemic candidiasis, herpes number and Kaposi’s sarcoma.

- Detoxifying the digestive tract and decisive: as an intestinal cleaner and anti-inflammatory for Crohn’s, colitis, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other intestinal problems.

- Useful when conventional treatments fail Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, colitis, hemorrhoids, fistulas, gastritis, ulcers, intestinal parasites, intestinal flora disturbances, anal leakage. Read the rest of this entry »

Today is appreciated worldwide because of its anti-inflammatory, healing and prevention by the complexity of the components of this wild plant.

Dr. Brent Davis, DC, has written several articles on cat’s claw and refers to it as the “opener of the way” for his ability to clean the entire intestinal tract and its effectiveness in treating stomach and intestinal disorders (such as Crohn’s disease, leaky gut syndrome, ulcers, gastritis, diverticulitis and other inflammatory diseases of the intestine and stomach). Dr. Julian Whitaker, M.D. report using cat’s claw with the stimulatory effects of immunity, cancer, stroke prevention and stroke, reduce blood clots and diverticulitis and irritable bowel syndrome. Read the rest of this entry »

Cat’s claw has been used in America and Europe since the early ’90s as a complementary treatment for cancer and AIDS and other diseases that attack the immune system.

In herbal medicine today, the cat’s claw used throughout the world for various diseases, including immune disorders, gastritis, ulcers, cancer, arthritis, rheumatism, rheumatic disorders, neuralgias, chronic inflammation of all kinds, and viral diseases such as herpes zoster (shingles).

Cat’s claw (U. tomentosa) is a long, woody vine and its name derives from the hook-shaped thorns that grow along the vine and are treated as the claws of a cat. It is native to the Amazon and other tropical areas of South America and Central America. Read the rest of this entry »

The answer to this question is simple: yes, but does not reduce the amount of excess fat, but water. This fact is of paramount consideration to avoid the main problem arising from misuse of these products, whether natural or synthetic, many people turn to them to reduce sizes in a “quick and effective,” without knowing who make only momentary results, which generate terrible disruption to your body. To better understand this situation, it is very enlightening to know some extreme cases.

According to the CBA International Foundation for the prevention and treatment of Anorexia, Bulimia and Compulsive Eating, 81% of Mexican women wishing to lose weight and 40.9% use some method to achieve this goal, however, few of them resort to doctors to establish specialized diet and exercise routine as needed, and instead resort to the use of pills to decrease your appetite (27%), self-prescribe diuretics and laxatives (12%) or vomit (7%).

And is that those with anorexia (loss of weight stop eating and undergo intense workouts) or bulimia (repeated episodes of excessive food consumption followed by vomiting or using laxatives) are antisocial people with low self-esteem, obsessive and compulsive remain in constant disagreement with life, and even look overly thin to be dissatisfied with their appearance, so you want to continue losing weight. Read the rest of this entry »

Herbal and natural medicine have found many foods and plants that have diuretic qualities, same as the inclusion in a balanced diet produce beneficial effects on the body. Why? Simply consuming these products in moderation stimulates kidney function, which has the function of filtering blood and removing toxins through the urine.

Some of the foods that promote urine output are:

Water. Take in adequate amounts (2 liters a day) makes it one of the most effective diuretics, because it prevents urinary tract infections and kidney stone formation (accumulation of minerals that crystallize to form kidney stones.) We recommend eating the vital liquid fasting, for working to intestinal function, while taking too much can be harmful if you have kidney problems.

Melon (Cucumis melo L.). Excellent natural diuretic, especially its water content. Should eat it in juice or just to make clean the body of toxins. Read the rest of this entry »

The pharmaceutical industry has created various diuretics in order to address some health emergency, all of which can be grouped into three classes (thiazide, potassium-sparing and loop), and act differently but have the quality to reduce the amount of salts (nutrients that help contain liquids) and water in the body. The diseases they are used, provided under prescription, are:

Hypertension. Also known as high blood pressure or high, is a problem in which the tension exerted by the blood flow in arteries and veins is too strong, so that creates wear and tear on fragile bloodstream (capillaries) that supply the heart, kidneys, retinas and brain, causing damage.

Treatment includes dietary changes, proper management of stress and exercise training, but there are times that require the use of a diuretic to lose water, so that reduces the volume of blood plasma and thus reduces the force exercised within the circulatory system. Read the rest of this entry »

Diuretics are drugs that remove food and water in the body and improve symptoms caused by some diseases, however, are also used inappropriately to reduce size, causing more harm than good.

Speaking of diuretics, it is often associated with weight loss diets or consumption of herbal teas that help the body release toxins, and although both concepts have some truth, there is much more therapeutic uses, advantages and disadvantages of these products offer human being, and that bad luck is often taken lightly, if not ignored. Read the rest of this entry »