Herb Power

Catuaba is Brazil's Viagra: The Power of Herbs
Catuaba is an herb grown in the Northern most regions of the county. Most is found in the Northern Amazon, which most of the world’s medicines are found. It is commonly known at the Viagra of Brazil, in fact the Brazilians have a saying that goes,
“up to sixty years old, a father’s children are his own; after sixty, they come from the Catuaba.”
As well as being the Viagra of Brazil it serves many other purposes. It is used as an aphrodisiac, an antioxidant, as an energy enhancer and in pain relief. Many stories of its healing powers have bled through the minds and flipped from the lips of all the locals in regions such as Pantanal, the swampland of Brazil that is located about 5 hours, plane ride, from the Amazon.
It comes from the bark of the Cantuaba tree. It comes in either capsule form or as a straight extract. When you add the extract to hot water it turns it dark red. Many Brazilians believe that the color of a remedy directly link it to the parts of your body of which it most effectively remedies. According to this dark red is to help your circulatory system, your liver, and your blood.
Brazilians love their natural remedies and this is a great example of one. Another is called, Acai, and it is a calorie packed energy fruit that is found in the Amazon as well. They boast unproved stories that it helps with fatigue and once kept a small child alive for the month that he was lost in the Amazon.