MATICO LEAVES C/S

Raintree's matico leaf powder (Piper aduncum) 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. Matico is a tropical, evergreen, shrubby tree that grows to the height of 6 to 7 m with lanceolate leaves that are 12 to 20 cm long. It is native to most all of tropical South America as well as Southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and much of tropical Latin America. for digestive problems (vomiting, nausea, stomachaches, dyspepsia); as a carminative and stomachic to expel intestinal gas and aid digestion; as an antiseptic wound healer for cuts, scrapes, ulcers, boils, etc.; as a hemostat for internal bleeding (uterine, gastric, pulmonary); for colds, flu, coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory problems