Profile
- Latin Name: Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth
- CAS No.: 84929-46-4
- Active Ingredient:
- Specifications: 12:1
- Part used: Bark
- Appeaance: Fine yellow brown powder
Description
Muira puama (or Ptychopetalum ovata) is a plant belonging to the Olacaceae family native to the Amazon forest, this species is also nicknamed “tree of power” for its supposed aphrodisiac effects. This small plant is used to solve gastrointestinal, neuromuscular and rheumatism problems; it is also particularly known as aphrodisiac and tonic for the nervous system.
Benefits
- Invigorating tonic
- Stimulating
- Aphrodisiac
- Adjuvant in the treatment of infertility
- Neuroprotector
- Antineuralgic
- Antirheumatic
- Antidissenteric.