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Lapacho is tea a drink prepared of the crushed bark of tree Lapacho tecome, named also «an ant tree». «The ant tree» in the South America in tropical jungle of Argentina, Peru and Mexico grows. There lives this high evergreen tree till 700 years.

Into structure lapacho enters 18 various which combination in one plant is the big rarity. Also in lapacho it is a lot of microcells, such as iron, zinc, calcium, potassium, copper, selenium, silicon, manganese, cobalt, magnesium, chrome. Besides, the plant is vitamin-rich and doesn’t contain some caffeine. The bark ready to the use lapacho represents small strips of the brown color which length makes 1-2 centimeters. Color of infusion lapacho varies from light-beige to the brownish. Tea has is sourish-bitterish taste and a travjanisto-wood smell.

Tea of monks

Ancient monks were the first people who have prepared from a bark of “an ant tree» tea. They named lapacho a life tree for its numerous salutary properties. With the help lapacho monks treated intestinal diseases, an anemia, diseases of respiratory system, an arthritis, blood circulation infringement, a diabetes, an asthma, a hair fall, sexual powerlessness, a cancer, and also used for healing of various wounds.
Than it is useful lapacho

Lapacho raises immunity and makes active a metabolism, possesses antibacterial, anti-virus, anti-inflammatory and antifungal properties. Thanks to presence reduces sugar level in blood and promotes deducing of slags from an organism. Improves warm activity, stimulates formation of red blood little bodies. Helps at diseases of a gastroenteric path, respiratory system, at infectious diseases of urinogenital system.

Also thanks to the antioxidant maintenance lapacho possesses antineoplastic properties.

In the Brazilian clinics lapacho apply to treatment of patients sick of a leukemia, and also other oncological diseases proceeding against easing of immunity.
How to prepare lapacho

For tea preparation lapacho it is necessary to boil water liter, then to pour into it 4 teaspoons of a bark, to boil within 5 minutes, then to allow to tea to be drawn a minimum of 15 minutes.

To drink lapacho it is possible both in hot, and in a cold kind.