Coca is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae used to make Coca Tea, native to north-western South America. The plant plays a significant role in traditional Andean culture. It is used by Andean cultures such as the Chibcha family of Colombia and Quechua family of Peru as a messenger from the Gods, but is best known in most of the world for the stimulant drug cocaine that is chemically extracted from its new fresh leaf tips in a similar fashion to tea bush harvesting. Unprocessed coca leaves are also commonly used in the Andean countries to make a herbal tea with mild stimulant effects similar to strong coffee.
Benefits of Coca Tea
Coca Tea, made from Coca Leaf, is a great pharmaceutical remedy and an excellent nutritional dietary supplement.
* Revitalizes restores and energizes
* Elevates brightens and controls moods
* Controls your need for sleep
* Helps digestive processes
* Regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates
* Acts against fatigue and altitude sickness
Each regular coca tea bag contains 1 g of crushed coca leaves containing an average of 5.3 mg of cocaine. When one bag is steeped in 180 ml of hot water for 3 min, 4.42 mg of cocaine is released.
The Analysis for 100 grams of coca leaf show that it contains high volume of potassium, calcium, Magnesium, Iron, vitamins and all elements necessary in a daily diet.
Coca has 14 Alkaloids;
| Benzoyne |
Egnonin |
Pectin |
Papaine |
Hygrine |
Globuline |
Pyridine |
| Quinoline |
Conine |
Cocamine |
Reserpine |
Cocaine |
Inuline |
Atropine |
The consumption of coca tea is a common occurrence in many South American countries.
The tea is often packaged in individual servings as tea bags which contain approximately 1 g of plant material.
It has between its elements the one recomended to keep the muscular tone in all the parts of the body.
This element was recomended as a replacement of artificial enhancers. Also helps in all kind of sports.
The cocaine is the natural element of the coca as the cafeine is the one of the coffee or the teine is the one of the tea.
The drug that makes the people acelerate is the Cocaine Chloridrate and has a really big concentration of Cocaine. The relation between them is the same as the grape and the wine. One is natural, the other is processed.
Cat's Claw
Cat's Claw is a tropical vine that grows in rainforest and jungle areas in South America and Asia. Some cultures refer to the plant as the "Sacred Herb of the Rain Forest". This vine gets its name from the small thorns at the base of the leaves, which looks like a cat's claw. These claws enable the vine to attach itself around trees climbing to a heights up to 100 feet.
The plant is considered a valuable medicinal resource and is protected in Peru. Although scientific research has just recently begun to explore cat's claw, many cultures native to the South American rain forest areas have used this herb for hundreds of years.
Current studies show it may have positive effects on, and can boost the body's immune system. With recent fear of HIV, studies on cat's claw have started to move quickly.
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