CARQUEJA

Carqueja has been used for centuries to cure common ailments. In Peruvian medicine today, Carqueja is used as a natural aid for diabetes. Several studies confirm its blood sugar-lowering effects in mice, rats and humans in both normal and diabetic subjects.
Carqueja is one of the most widely known and used medicinal plants in Brazil and other parts of South America. Most of its traditional uses have been validated time and time again by research and it appears in the official pharmacopoeias of South American countries as a specific liver and digestive aid.
Almost every book published in South America on herbal medicine includes this wonderful plant. It is well reputed for being so effective for liver and stomach disorders as well as a good blood cleanser and for its hypoglycaemic properties.

• 2-4 ml of a standard tincture is taken with each meal as a digestive aid and liver remedy.
• A standard infusion is prepared with 5 g (about a teaspoon) of dried herb to 4-6 ounces of water and infused for 10 minutes. Taken two or three times a day with meals.

Do not use during pregnancy.