Organ Specific Guide - Raintree Nutrition, Inc

AMAZON STOMACH-EZ
Description: A non-alcohol botanical extract formula which combines the plants traditionally used in South
America for stomach problems.
Traditional uses by organ or system: Digestive/Elimination: For nausea, vomiting, stomachaches, and
queasy or nervous stomachs.
Ingredients: A proprietary blend of ayapana (Ayapana triplinervis), condurango (Marsdenia cundurango),
canchalgua (Schkuhria pinnata), matico (Piper aduncum), piri-piri (Cyperus articulatus), and culen
(Otholobium gladulosum) extracted in distilled water and vegetable glycerine.
Suggested Use: Take 60 drops (2 ml) as needed or desired.
Contraindications: Not to be used during pregnancy or while breast-feeding.
Drug Interactions: None reported.
Other Practitioner Observations and Possible Precautions: Even though morning sickness is common
in pregancy, the plants is this formula do not have enough research to confirm their safety of use by
pregnant women.
Synopsis of research: (Please the online Tropical Plant Database for all cited research.)
• Ayapana is traditionally used in Brazilian herbal medicine for queasy stomachs, indigestion, diarrhea,
fever, headaches, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, and stomach ulcers. Scientists over the years have
reported that ayapana possesses analgesic, antibacterial, anticoagulant, antifungal, antiparasitic,
anthelminitic, CNS depressant, and sedative actions in various animal and laboratory studies.
• In Brazilian herbal medicine condurango is used for appetite loss, dyspepsia, gastralgia, gastritis,
neuralgia, stomachaches, stomach cancer, stomach ulcers, and rheumatism. Its use as a digestive aid
was studied and validated in the mid-1980s when scientists reported that it increased various digestive
enzymes and juices in the stomach. Other research suggests that condurango is antibacterial,
anti-inflammatory, anti-leukemic, antioxidant, and antitumorous.
• Canchalagua is often relied on in Peruvian herbal medicine systems to ease nausea and stomachaches,
and as a general digestive aid. Scientists have reported that canchalagua has antibacterial, antifungal,
anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antispasmodic, and anti-yeast actions.
• Matico is traditionally used by Indians of the Peruvian Amazon for gastritis, vomiting, fever, inflammation,
diarrhea, menstrual colic, internal infections and as a postpartum tonic. Despite any scientific validation,
matico still remains a main-stay in herbal medicine practices in South America for many types of
digestive problems and it is quite well known and well respected for those types of conditions. In laboratory
research the plant has been reported with antibacterial, anticandidal, antifungal, antileishmaniasis,
antiyeast, antiviral, and cytotoxic properties.
• Piri-piri has a long history of use in herbal medicine systems in South America as a common remedy for
nausea, vomiting, stomachaches, and intestinal gas throughout the continent. Piri-piri has been
documented with anti-epileptic and anticonvulsant actions, as well as sedative actions in animal studies.
It was also reported with antioxidant actions, antibacterial actions against Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas,
and anti-yeast actions against Candida. It passed a preliminary screening test to predict
antitumor actions in other research.
• In South American herbal medicine systems culen is traditionally used for enteritis, digestive disorders,
and stomachaches, among other things. It was introduced into the United States in the late 1800s. It appeared
in several early pharmaceutical texts and journals in the 1890s where it was reported with anthelmintic,
tonic and vulnerary actions and recommended for anorexia, debility, diarrhea, dyspepsia, fatigue,
intestinal worms, and wounds. In research over the years culen has been documented with antibacterial,
antifungal, antihyperlipemic, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, antioxidant, antipsoriatic, antitumorous,
antiviral, cytotoxic, febrifuge, and hepatoprotective actions.