Cuachalalate by el sol de mexico puts within reach this very famous herb that has been utilized for centuries in mexico and centroamerica for its healing properties.
Mexican tree bark tea.
The bark is shiny dark red and the leaves are spirally arranged and pinnate with 7 11 leaflets each leaflet broad ovate 4 10 cm long and 2 5 cm broad.
In mexican traditional medicine the tree bark is decocted and drunk as a tea for a myriad of health problems such as gastric ulcers liver problems as a blood purifier to treat kidney infections to lower cholesterol for gall bladder stones mouth ulcers toothache intermittent fevers varicose veins diabetes against typhoid fever.
Bark is usually fresher more potent costs less and produces tea in that blueish tint that it gets its name from.
The bark of the tree is the part used generally to make a tea but also pills.
Palo azul scientific name eysenharditia polystachya is a bark that is grown in mexico and the southern united states for hundreds of years it has been used by domestic people as a herbal remedy salinas hernández 2008 it is prepared by boiling or soaking the bark of the palo azul tree.
The gumbo limbo is comically referred to as the tourist tree because the tree s bark is red and.
Palo azul tea is an herbal diuretic tea brewed with the bark of the palo azul plant scientifically known as eysenhardtia polystachya.
Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages chronic diarrhoea dysentery etc.
The bark can be chewed as a treatment for mouth sores.
It has few side effects and no exact recommended dosage.
Description of the plant.
Cuachalalate is a tree main characteristic is its bark which is the most utilized part.
A tea made from the leaves and bark is used to treat fever.
Elm bark salve and poultices are used to treat gunshot wounds chilblain and on the abdomen to draw out fever.
It s a medicinal plant from mexico also called amphipterygium adstringens.
Its astringent properties help to draw the wound together.
The cuachalalate has a gray verrucose and wrinkled bark with cork protuberances.
Bursera simaruba is a small to medium sized tree growing to 30 meters tall with a diameter of one meter or less at 1 5 meters above ground.
Cuachalalate has benefits for colitis weight loss cancer dental and skin.
Alder bark contains salicin the same anti inflammatory and fever reducing compound in willow bark.
This creates a tea palo azul tea that is suitable for drinking.
Keep in mind that some suggest drinking large amounts of the tea but i would rather make a gallon or so and drink it cold through out a week or two.
Also known as kidneywood this herb has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years and the bark is known to contain some very unique nutrients.
The same tea is used externally to help slowly heal deep wounds.