Maca
Maca root is a cruciferous plant native to the highlands of Peru. It has been used for thousands of years by native Peruvians living at 14,000 feet above sea level to promote vitality, sexuality, and hormone balance in men and women. It is never eaten raw by the indigenous people in Peru.
Camu
Camu-Camu is a non-citrus rainforest fruit that grows wild in the Amazon River Basin of Peru. Camu-Camu is the most potent food-sourced Vitamin C on the planet. In fact, Camu-Camu has 50 times the amount of Vitamin C as strawberries or oranges. The natural Vitamin C in Camu-Camu is 50 times as potent as synthetic Vitamin C.
Chanca Piedra
Chanca Piedra is an Amazon rainforest plant that helps to maintain optimal liver, gall bladder, and kidney health. It is the popular name given to several small fern-like plants in the Phyllanthus genus (botanical family Euphorbiacceae), including Phyllanthus spp.
Desmodium
Desmodium adscendens is a rainforest plant native to Peru, Jamaica, Central America and West Africa. It is called “Strong Back Herb” in Jamaica. In Peru, it is known as Amor Seco or Pega Pega.
Cat's Claw
Cat’s Claw, in Spanish called “Uña de Gato,” is the bark of a woody vine which grows in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Cat’s Claw has been used medicinally by the Asháninka, Cashibo, Conibo, and Shipibo tribes of Peru for at least 2,000 years.
Graviola
Traditionally, the fruit, leaves, and seeds of the Graviola plant are used throughout tropical regions of Latin America and the Caribbean for immune system support, promoting a healthy bowel ecology, maintaining healthy blood pressure, and supporting quality sleep, among other health challenges.
Abuta
Abuta is a woody vine that grows in the rainforests of Peru. Traditionally, Abuta is used to support a healthy blood sugar level and to decrease cravings for sweets.
Lucraco
Lucraco is a plant that grows in the coastal desert of Peru. Chilled and sweetened Lucraco root water is a popular healthy drink in Peru. Lucraco roots contain plant actives that provide the body with powerful antioxidants. Cat’s Claw supports the immune system.
Dragon's Blood
Dragon’s Blood is a wildcrafted resin (tree sap) that looks like blood and comes from the Croton lechleri trees found in the Amazon rainforest of Peru. Indigenous peoples throughout Peru and Ecuador use Dragon’s Blood externally to support wound care and internally for occasional support of the intestinal tract.
