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Remo Caspi Powder Aspidosperma excelsum1 Pound (16 oz) Buy Now
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Raintree's remo caspi bark powder (Aspidosperma excelsum) has been milled into a fine powder which is suitable to stuff into capsules or to prepare your own teas, tinctures or extracts. It has been sustainably wild-harvested in the Peruvian Amazon and it is rich in active and beneficial phytochemicals that occur naturally in this plant. Remo caspi is a huge multi-buttressed canopy tree of the Amazon Rainforest. It grows up to 30 meters high and has large above-ground buttress roots. Remo Caspi bark has a long history of use among the Indians and local people in the Amazon.* To see pictures of remo caspi, click here.
Traditional Uses:* for malaria; as a cough suppressant for bronchitis and other respiratory conditions; for digestive difficulties, bloating and gas; as an aphrodisiac; for high blood pressure
For more information about remo caspi (Aspidosperma excelsum), please refer to the Database File for Remo Caspi in the Tropical Plant Database. For general information on Raintree's available bulk plants and sustainable harvesting practices, please refer to Main Page for Bulk Plants.
This bulk one pound package retails for $25.00.
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Ingredients: 100% pure remo caspi bark (Aspidosperma excelsum). No binders, fillers or additives are used. This plant is non-irradiated and not fumigated, and has grown naturally in the Peruvian Amazon without pesticides or fertilizers.
Suggested Use:* This plant is best prepared as a decoction. Use one teaspoon of powder for each cup of water. Bring to a boil and gently boil in a covered pot for 20 minutes. Allow to cool and settle for 10 minutes and strain warm liquid into a cup (leaving the settled powder in the bottom of the pan). It is traditionally taken in 1 cup dosages 2-3 times daily. This decoction is also traditionally applied to the skin.
For more complete instrutions on preparing herbal decoctions see the Methods for Preparing Herbal Remedies Page.
Contraindications: None known.
Drug Interactions: None known.
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Remo Caspi can be found in these proprietary Raintree products:
Remo Caspi Tech Report -- A Technical Plant Data Report is available for remo caspi.
Third-Party Published Research*
This Raintree product has not been the subject of any clinical research. All available third-party research on remo caspi can be found at PubMed.
A partial listing of the published research on remo caspi is shown below:
Mitaine-Offer, A. C., et al. “Antiplasmodial activity of Aspidosperma indole alkaloids.” Phytomedicine. 2002 Mar; 9(2): 142-5.
Deutsch, H., et al. “Isolation and biological activity of aspidospermine and quebrachine from an Aspidosperma tree source.” J. Pharma. Biomed. Anal. 1994; 12: 1283-1287.
Steele, J., et al. “Two novel assays for the detection of haemin-binding properties of antimalarials evaluated with compounds isolated from medicinal plants.” J. Antimicro. Chemo. 2002; 50: 25–31.
Kernohan, A. F., et al. “An oral yohimbine/L-arginine combination (NMI 861) for the
treatment of male erectile dysfunction: a pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and
interaction study with intravenous nitroglycerine in healthy male subjects.” Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 2005; 59(1): 85-93.
Sharabi, F. M., et al. “Comparative effects of sildenafil, phentolamine, yohimbine and L-arginine on the rabbit corpus cavernosum.” Fundam. Clin. Pharmacol. 2004 Apr; 18(2): 187-94.
Verpoorte, R., et al. Screening of antimicrobial activity of some plants belonging to the
Apocynaceae and Loganiaceae.” J. Ethnopharmacol. 1983; 8(3): 287-302.
Verpoorte, R., et al. Medicinal plants of Surinam. III. Antimicrobially active alkaloids from Aspidosperma excelsum.” Planta Med. 1983; 48(4): 283-289.
Desmarcheilier, C., et al. “Studies on the cytotoxicity, antimicrobial and DNA-binding activities of plants used by the Ese'Ejas.” J. Ethnopharmacol. 1996; 50(2): 91-96.
Desmarcheilier, C., et al. “Total Reactive Antioxidant Potential (TRAP) and Total
Antioxidant Reactivity (TAR) of medicinal plants used in Southwest Amazonia (Bolivia and
Peru).” Pharmaceutical Biology 1997 Oct; 35(4): 288-296.
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