{"id":1635,"date":"2013-03-10T02:22:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T02:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2013-03-28T04:23:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T04:23:30","slug":"guarana-paullinia-cupana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1635","title":{"rendered":"Guarana ~ Paullinia cupana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guarana<\/span> <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Paullinia cupana\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Sapinaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: seeds<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: Brazil, Venezuela<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: xanthine alkaloids (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, xanthine), tannins<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: warming<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: stimulant, astringent, antiamnesic, antibacterial cardiotonic, antioxidant, inhibits platelet aggregation<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: anti-obesity, vasodilator, hyperglycemic<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: diarrhea, hangover, headaches, depression, neuralgia, arteriosclerosis, dyspepsia, fatigue, fever, flatulence, headache, gastroenteritis, urticaria<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: malaria, obesity, dysentery, leucorrhea<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: decoction: \u00c2\u00bd-1 cup qd-tid; 4:1 tincture: 1-3 ml bid, capsules: 1-6 grams qd (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy, breast-feeding; sensitivity to caffeine or other xanthines; high xanthine consumption should be avoided in high blood pressure, cardiac disorders, diabetes, ulcers, epilepsy; long-term use<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: safe even at high doses (2g\/kg body weight)<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span>; http:\/\/www.rain-tree.com\/guarana.htm<\/p>\n

Guarana Module 2 lecture<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  • Part used: Seed<\/li>\n
  • Grows in Brazil and Venezuela<\/li>\n
  • It is a main caffeine source<\/li>\n
  • Many indigenous uses<\/li>\n
  • Dose: 1 to 6 grams\/day (Khalsa)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • We don’t know how native population uses it.\u00c2\u00a0 It has more caffeine than coffee beans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Guarana Latin name: Paullinia cupana Family: Sapinaceae Part used: seeds Habitat: Brazil, Venezuela Main constituents: xanthine alkaloids (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, xanthine), tannins Energetics: warming Main herbal actions: stimulant, astringent, antiamnesic, antibacterial cardiotonic, antioxidant, inhibits platelet aggregation Minor herbal actions: anti-obesity, vasodilator, hyperglycemic Main medicinal uses: diarrhea, hangover, headaches, depression, neuralgia, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,175,81,291,463,324,119,46,92,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antibacterial","category-antioxidant","category-astringent","category-cardio-tonic","category-inhibits-platelet-aggregation","category-module-2","category-stimulant","category-tonic","category-warming","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1958,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions\/1958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}