Natura Vilcacora
NATURAL PROPERTIES OF NATURA VILCACORA
. Helps support the immune system, antioxidant and cell rejuvenator, which slows cell decay that leads to premature aging signs and exposure to disease. some studies have shown it to have anti-tumoral and anti-carcinogen properties. (1),(2),(3),(4). Helps the body's anti-inflammatory response. (1),(5),(6)
. Helps ameliorate pains caused by Sciatica and Lumbago.
. Helps reduce incidence of Prostatitis, Ulcers, Gastritis, Diabetis, Diarrheas. (6)
. Helps achieve equilibrium in the intestinal flora. (6)
. Anti-oxidant, depurative and diuretic. (7),(8)
. Shown to have effect against symptoms of rheuma, arthritis and some epidermis diseases. (8),(9)
. Used in cases of asthma, allergies, acute and chronic viral infections; antimicrobial. (7),(9)
The World Health Organization (WHO) sponsored the FIrst International Conference on Uncaria Tomentosa in Geneva (Switzerland). In it there was unanimity that, after the discovery of quinine, no other plant of the Andes and the Amazon could garner so much interest as Uncaria Tomentosa had. Interest had developed mostly on its alkaloids. At least six of which were shown to raise immune response up to 50%. Five of the alkaloids had been documented as having effects against leukemia, tumors, ulcers, infections and arthritis.
The First Italo-Peruvian Congress of Traditional Andean Medicine, in 1992, was attended by Peruvian, Italian and German researchers. In it, Dr Livia Bianchi, researcher with the Institute of General Pathology of the University of Pavia, brought her conclusion that the compounds in Uncaria Tomentosa fought the presence of free-radicals, which explained its efficient anti-inflammatory, anti-tumoral and anti-mutational properties.
A study by Drs Cosimo Piazza, Luciana Riva and Francesco de Simone of the Institute for the Cure of Tumors in Salerno (Italy), pointed that Uncaria Tomentosa inhibits the proliferation of breast cancer cells up to 90%. This study was done in vitro with MCF7 cells, used widely in this type of cancer research.
(1) Leon, F.R. and Cabieses, F. (1995). Relevancia de la Uncaria Tomentosa para la Prevención y Tratamiento del Cáncer. Boletín del Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tradicional (Ministerio de Salud del Perú), Abril.
(2) Federico R. León, Ph.D. y Fernando Cabieses, MD,Dr. Biol., F.A.C.S. Acción Inmuno estimulante de la Uncaria Tomentosa.
(3) Making Treatment Decisions. Uncaria Tomentosa. American Cancer Society. 06/26/2007
(4) Ester Risco. Uncaria Tomentosa en el Tratamiento del Dolor Articula. Unidad de Farmacología y Farmacognosia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643 08028 Barcelona – España.
(5) Manuel Sandoval Chacón Ph.D, Jane H. Thompson, Xiao-Jinh Zhang MD, Xiaoping Liu Ph.D., X.LIU, Elizabeth E. Mannick MD, Halina Sadowska – Krowicka MD, Randi M. Charbonnet, David A. Clark MD and Mark J.S. Miller Ph.D. Department of Pediatricts, Physiology & Cell Biology, Albany Medical College. Acciones Antiinflamatorias de Uncaria Tomentosa (Willd.) DC rol del NF-kB.
(6) Angulo Herrera P., Wilder Atao R., Miguez Santillán MP, Matas Cascos P. Actividad de las Hojas y Alcaloides de la Uncaria Tomentosa Willd DC en el Modelo de Inflamación Intestinal Crónica de Yamada ET AL.
(7) Cayunao C., Erazo S., Backhouse N., Bachiller L, Zaldivar M., Garcia R. Estudio de la Actividad Antimicrobiana y Antiinflamatoria de Diferentes Extractos de Uncaria Tomentosa Willd Dc. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, U. de Chile, Santiago, Chile y Sociedad Asturiana de Fitoterapia, Oviedo, España.
(8) Ester Risco. Uncaria Tomentosa en el Tratamiento del Dolor Articula. Unidad de Farmacología y Farmacognosia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643 08028 Barcelona – España.
(9) Dres. Oswaldo Castañeda, Gustavo León, David León, Armando Calvo, José Chávez, José Escalante, Armando Luza, Héctor Quevedo, Oscar Sedano y Enrique Vega. Uncaria Tomentosa en Artritis Reumatoide: Estudio doble ciego, en comparación con placebo. Revista Peruana de Reumatología, Volumen 4 No 1, Año 1998 LIMA – PERU.