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CAT'S CLAW
COMMON NAME: Cat's
Claw, Uno de Gato csp
LATIN NAME : Uncaria Tomentosa Willd D.C.
ACTIVE SUBSTANCES : Hirsutine Rynchophylline Isorynchophylline Dihydrocorynantheine
DESCRIPTION : Cat's Claw (Uncaria tomentosa Willd. DC.), of the Rubiaceae family, is a woody vine, typically two or three inches or more in diameter, that grows in Amazonian Peru, at elevations of 2200 to 7500 feet. (Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) Gmel.), which grows below 2200 feet, is also used . The extract is made from the bark of the woody stem. One or more species of Cats Claw contain Quinovic acid glycosides,Catechins, D-Catechol, Dihydrocorynantheine, Ellagic acid, Gallic acid, Gambirine, Hyperin, Quercetin, Proanthocyanidins, the alkaloids Rhynchophylline, Isorhyno-hophylln, Mytraphylline, Pteropodine, Isopteropodine and Hirsutine, Beta-sitosterol and Rutin.
PHYSIOLOGY: Cat's Claw activates T-Lymhocytes and macrophages, and normalizes Immunoglobulins; it enhances phagocytosis; it is antioxidant, anti-viral, anti-mutagenic, hypotensive, anti-edemic and contraceptive.
INDICATIONS: The bark decoction or extract has been used for "bone pains", to cleanse kidneys, for wounds (used both internally and externally), arthritis, neuro-bronchitis, allergies, rheumatism, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, peptic and gastric ulcers, gastritis, parasites, colitis, leaky bowel syndrome, dysentery, hemorrhoids, cancer (used with other herbs, and to moderate the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation), herpes (herpes genitalis, stomatitis aftesa, and varicelli zoster), diabetes, and inflammation. It sometimes turns grey hair back to its original color.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
1/2 teaspoon to 2 teaspoons in a mug of hot water, taken throughout the day.
Traditional Uses of Cat's Claw: Abscesses (leaf poultice) , Arthritis, Asthma (sap with water), "Blood purifaction" "Bone pains" ,Cancer , Chemothrapy side-effects, Contraception Disease, prevention Fevers, Gastric ulcers, Hemorrhags Inflammations, Kidney cleanser, Menstrual irregularity, "Normalizes the body", Recovery from childbirth , Rheumatism, Skin "impurities", Stomach ("loose"), Urinary tract inflammation , "Weakness" , Wounds
TOXICITY, CAUTIONS & CONTRAINDICATIONS: Not recommended for women intending to become pregnant due to mild contraceptive effect. Not toxic; an aqueous total extract given to mice orally at 5 grams per kilogram body weight and intraperitoneally at 2 g/kg, and a raw alkaloid mixture given orally at 2 g/kg and intraperitoneally at 1 g/kg, produced no observable changes in behavior over 14 days of observation.