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APPLICATIONS AND DOSAGE. HYMENAEA COURBARIL - JATOBA. (100 % Jatoba bark) |
Jatoba tincture:
Overvieuw: Applications & Uses: Tonic, energizer, anti-fungal, decongestant. It is effective in the treatment of a wide range of respiratory ailments such as asthma, laryngitis, bronchitis, lung weakness and chronic coughs. Effective in the treatment of yeast- and fungal infections, cystitis, bladder infections, arthritis, prostatitis, bursitis and hemorrhage. USES: antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-fatigue, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-spasmodic, astringent, decongestant, diuretic, expectorant, hepato-protective, laxative, stimulant, stomachic, tonic vermifuge Jatobá bark has shown excellent results with acute- and chronic cystitis and prostatitis. These chronic conditions more often are fungal in nature rather than bacterial. Phytochemicals: Copal Resin The essential oil of copal ( from Hymaea) is dominated by 21.35 ± 5.96% a-pinene and 26.51 ± 1.22% limonene. Alpha-copaene, alpha-cubebene, alpha-himachalene, alpha-humulene, alpha-muurolene, alpha-selinene, astilibin, beta-bisabolene, beta-bourbonene, beta-copaene, betacubebene, beta-gurjunene, beta-humulene, beta-selinene, beta-sitosterol, calarene, carboxylic acids, caryophyllene, catechins, clerodane diterpenes, communic acids, copacamphene, copalic acid, cubebene, cyclosativene, cyperene, delta-cadinene, gamma-muurolene, gamma-cadinene, halimadienoic acids, heptasaccharides, kovalenic acid, labdadiene acids, octasaccharides, oligosaccharides, ozic acids, polysaccharides, selinenes, and taxifolin Dosage: Tincture: 1 – 4 ml. daily (1 – 4 full droppers) Infusion: 0.5 – 2 cups daily Side effects/interactions: No clinical interactions are reported. Reference: Isolation and absolute configuration of ent-Halimane diterpenoids from Hymenaea courbaril from the Suriname rain forest. Abdel-Kader M, Berger JM, Slebodnick C, Hoch J, Malone S, Wisse JH, Werkhoven MC, Mamber S, Kingston DG. Department of Chemistry, M/C 0212, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA. A new family of oligosaccharides from the xyloglucan of Hymenaea courbaril L. (Leguminosae) cotyledons. Buckeridge MS, Crombie HJ, Mendes CJ, Reid JS, Gidley MJ, Vieira CC. Instituto de Botanica, Sao Paulo, Brazil. |