Right there in the forests of South America is a herb known for its many healing qualities, particularly its curative effects on cancer patients and other diseases. This herb is what we call Pau darco, derived from the inner bark of the Taheebo tree, scientifically known as Tabebuia Avellanedae or Tabebuia Impetiginosa.

The Pau d’arco tree is a broad-leaf evergreen that grows to a height of 125 feet and produces violet colored flowers which accounts for it’s often being called the “trumpet tree”. It grows well in Peru and Argentina high in the Andes. It can be found growing in the low-lying areas of Paraguay and Brazil.

Pau d’arco is a good blood cleanser and detoxifier. It may be used to treat all types of infections, stimulate urine flow, reduce fevers, and aid digestion.

The Guarani and Topi Indians refer to the tree as “tajy, which means “to have strength and vigor” i.e. good health. Tribal medicine people peeled off the tree’s bark in long strips. They then separated the inner and outer layers and used the inner bark to make healing teas.

Pau d’ arco has crystalline oxygen infused in it’s inner bark, which is rich in iron, calcium, selenium, vitamins A, B-complex and C., magnesium potassium and sodium. These pau d’arco nutrients make give it antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal action which stimulates the immune system and fights disease.

The benefits of using it are: strengthens the immune system, supports the blood, helps the body replenish vital elements. Also, pau d’arco improves appetite, fortifies the body against viruses and germs, assists the detoxification process.

Lapachol, which is a photochemical, is present in the inner bark of pau d’arco trees has been documented as an effective natural medicine for use in treating abscesses and tumors. However, for it to be used to treat conditions such as cancer, the amount of lapachol, found in pau d’ arco, required to provide and effective dosage, would be toxic if used as the exclusive treatment.

It can however, be used along with other cancer treatments. Pau d’arco is given free by the Argentina government to cancer patients and also leukemia patients because of it’s blood purifying qualities and because it has been know to reduce pain caused by cancer and it’s treatment because of pau

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