665.45.12 Uncaria tomentosaEnglish: Cat's Claw, Una de Gato.
Source: Ashaninka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon.
Content: pentacyclic alkaloids, tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids, rhynchophylline and isorhynchophylline.
BodyGeneral: cancer; brain tumours; diabetes; antioxidant; systemic lupus erythematosus; intoxication with radiation, chemicals, chemotherapy; inflammation.
Energy: exhaustion, weakness, < overwork, < stress; chronic fatigue syndrome.
Infection: viruses, HIV, borrelia; Lyme’s; AIDS.
Nervous: ataxia, lack of coordination.
Lungs: asthma.
Heart: weak, pulse slow; pulse fast; circulation poor; thrombosis.
Stomach: ulcers, tumours, gastritis.
Abdomen: colitis, diverticulitis, leaky bowel syndrome; parasites; Crohn's disease.
Rectum: diarrhoea; haemorrhoids.
Urinary: cystitis.
Male: prostate enlarged.
Female: premenstrual syndrome; contraceptive.
Limbs: fibromyalgia; arthritis; rheumatism.
Skin: acne; herpes labialis, genitalis; herpes zoster; ulcers.