Botanical Name: Tabebuia avellanedae
Common Names: Ipe, lapacho, purple lapacho, trumpet bush and taheebo

One of the best known, but least understood, herbs from the Amazonian rainforest, pau d’arco is a key ingredient in the tribal medicine chest. The pau d’arco tree is a huge canopy tree that grows up to 125 feet high, with pink to violet colored flowers. Its history of use is thought to go back to the Incas, and several tribes have been using it to make bows for centuries.
Usually used as a tea, tincture or encapsulation. Like cat’s claw, pau d’arco tincture should be taken in water with a little lemon juice so tannins can be absorbed through the colon.

As a health food supplement, it can be found to have antiviral qualities, as well as possessing the ability to strengthen the immune system, particularly after it has been weakened by disease. In this way, it is currently being tested in treating and aiding in the recovery from AIDS and cancer. Pau d`Arco has also long been a known treatment for Candida and other funguses a well as other skin disorders. Herbal lore has also shown that it was useful in treating polio and influenza, and maintains that it can be of use in treating arthritis, diabetes, liver disease, and venereal and rheumatic disorders.The bark is highly resistant to rotting, mold, and other common tree pathogens. It has long been presumed that these antimicrobial properties may be beneficial to humans, either by preventing or treating common bacterial, viral, or fungal infections.
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