MARAPUAMA
Name: Marapuama
Scientific name: Ptychopetalum olacoides
Summary: Sexual and muscular tonic
Description: Shrub being able to achieve 5m.
Environment and culture: Amazonia
Used parts : Wood, root
Constituents:
History: Used by Amazonians Indians for a long time.
Manners: It treats impotence, neuromuscular problems, rheumatism, flu, lack of gastro-intestinal and cardiac energy. It treats also diarrheas.
Effects: Aperitive, aphrodisiac, antirhumastismal, stimulates central nervous system, tonic (digestive, aphrodisiac for men and women, neuromuscular) and antistress.
Warnings: In the absence of sufficient information, it is careful to avoid Muira Puama during pregnancy. On the other hand in strong dose (about 25g), marapuama can produce hallucinogenic effects, side effects such intoxication and sicknesses can occur the next day.
Directions for use: Maybe taken in
small dose, regular usage to be cured ofproblem (in that case, the effects
will be smelt at the end of 3 weeks), either as aphrodisac by chance by increasing
dose.
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