Many modern
medicines are derived from natural plants and with scientific research they are
usually copied to be reproduced synthetically replicating the active parts of
the original organic matter.
The most obvious
example is aspirin that originally came from the bark of a tree. Today hundreds
of millions of aspirin are consumed around the world daily without the need to
keep stripping tree bark.
It is also
extraordinarily common to find that primitive peoples in remote jungle or high
mountain ranges have for maybe a thousand years or more learnt by trial and
error the various health giving benefits of particular plants only for western
scientists to come along and analyse the plant and declare it looks like there
is something in this!
Just one example
is a plant from South America and in particular the tropical Brazilian Basin
called Camu Camu.
This fruit grows
on small bushes or small trees located close to flowing water’s edge and can
survive days of flooding during the very wet season.
Generations of
locals will not of course know anything about the fact that these berries are
packed with vitamin C as well as a number of other essential vitamins and
minerals.
The berry has an
extremely short shelf life so unfortunately it is unlikely you will ever get to
see fresh ones unless you are about to go on holiday to Brazil or Peru but
nevertheless it is possible to get all the benefits as the fruit is
freeze-dried when picked and processed to become a powder that is available all
around the world.
Vitamin C is an
essential part of our diet and should be consumed every day. All we need in
vitamin C is found in fresh food like greens for example but as it is a vitamin
that the body does not retain it only takes a couple of days for a poor diet to
result in a deficiency.
A deficiency can
lead to many debilitating problems and so a supply of Camu Camu powder stored as per instructions should be kept at home.
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more on Camu Camu powder Log On to thefinchleyclinic
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