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Traditional Brazilian medicine (Portuguese: Medicina indígena) includes many native South American elements, and imported African ones. It is predominantly used in areas where indigenous groups and African descendants reside, like in the northeast coast, nearly all interior regions including Amazon regions, savannahs , rainforest , foothills ...
Catuaba is a medicinal plant found in Brazil in the Amazon region that contains an incredible abundance of plant life – more than half of the planet's vegetation. The most famous of all Brazilian aphrodisiac plants and is the result of the blend of four main medicinal herbs from the Brazilian Amazon:
How rich is the flora of Brazilian Cerrados? Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86 (1): 192-224. (in Portuguese) Coutinho, Leopoldo Magno Cerrado; University of São Paulo, São Paulo state (in Portuguese) Gamarra-Rojas, Cíntia. (2005) Checklist das Plantas do Nordeste (Checklist of Plants of Northeast Brazil).
Hymenaea courbaril (jatoba, guapinol, Brazilian cherry) Hymenaea stigonocarpa (jatobá-do-cerrado) Inga cinnamomea (ingá-açu) Inga edulis (guama, guaba, ice-cream bean) Inga laurina (ingá-branco) Inga marginata (ingá-feijão) Inga sessilis (ingá-ferradura) Inga vera (ingá-banana) Inga vulpina (ingá-miúdo), pink-flower inga; Jacaratia ...
A jaboticaba [3] (/d͡ʒæbɒtɪˈkɑːbə/), spelled jabuticaba in Portuguese, is a round, edible fruit produced by a jaboticaba tree (Plinia cauliflora), also known as Brazilian grapetree. The purplish-black, white-pulped fruit grows directly on the trunk of the tree, making it an example of ' cauliflory '.
As a dietary supplement or herb, guaraná seed is an effective stimulant: [1] it contains about twice the concentration of caffeine found in coffee beans (about 2–8% caffeine in guarana seeds, [2] compared to about 1–3% for coffee beans). [3] The additive has gained notoriety for being used in energy drinks.
Several Erythrina tree species are used by indigenous peoples in the Amazon as medicines, insecticides, and fish poisons. Tinctures and decoctions made from the leaves or barks of Mulungu are often used in Brazilian traditional medicine as a sedative, to calm an overexcited nervous system, to lower blood pressure, and for insomnia and depression.
Schizolobium parahyba, the Brazilian firetree, or Brazilian fern tree, is a species of tree from tropical America. It is the sole species in genus Schizolobium . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is notable for its fast growth (up to 3 meters per year). [ 4 ]