CHANCA PIEDRA TEA
Kidney and Bladder Stones / Liver Tonic
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Wild-Crafted Chanca Piedra Herbal Tea
Chanca piedra is an Amazonian superherb whose name translates to "stone breaker" in Quechua and Spanish, due to its traditional use breaking up calcium deposits in the body. It is widely known for its ability to help regulate kidney and gallbladder health, and maintain regular liver health. It is rich in the trace minerals manganese and iron, which assist in the formation of connective tissues, bones, and red blood cells, and contribute to healthy kidneys and blood.
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Ground Leaves of Chanca Piedra. Ground tea leaves: 85 gr. (net wt) Makes Nearly 2 Gallons of Tea (Using 11 g. or approx 1/3 cup to make one quart)
Benefits: Kidney and Bladder Stones / Liver Tonic
Latin (botanical) Name: Phyllanthyus niruri
Summarized Description: Chanca Piedra -- which literally means "stone breaker," due to its ability to break up and dissolve kidney stones -- is one of our native traditionals. It also possesses the ability to impair certain calcium-forming organisms ("nanobacteria") which, in turn, cause inflammation and the production of bad calcium in the body. (It is widely believed that a host of disease conditions are tied to the overproduction of bad calcium in the body.)
This product can be used as tea using the instructions below, and it also lends itself to encapsulation by experienced end users.
Uses and Protocols:
I. Preparation --- if you can boil water, you can make this product: Professional herbalists will recognize this as a standard decoction.
Take under the advisement of your naturopath or other health care practitioner.
Contraindications: None indicated.
Ethnobotanical Dosage / Usage: Duke provides a "food farmacy potential" score for this plant of, "FNFF=X" ("I found nothing credible suggesting the plant as food.") Historical / Ethnobotanical Dosages: 3-6 g. powered herb (KAB); 14-28 ml. tea (KAP); 900 to 2,700 mg. plant powder / day for 3 months (SKY); 10 plants / l water (PH2); 1 to 3 cups weekly for prevention, 3 to 4 cups / day to expel stones (RAI); 2 to 3 g. capsules / tablet, 2X/day (RAI); 2 to 6 ml. extract (1:2)(KEB).
Indications for its ethnobotanical use worldwide are broad and fall into the following categories (p. 534-535):
Additional Online Resources:
For more information visit the Chanca Piedra page on Altcancer.net
Ground Leaves of Chanca Piedra. Ground tea leaves: 85 gr. (net wt) Makes Nearly 2 Gallons of Tea (Using 11 g. or approx 1/3 cup to make one quart)
Benefits: Kidney and Bladder Stones / Liver Tonic
Latin (botanical) Name: Phyllanthyus niruri
Summarized Description: Chanca Piedra -- which literally means "stone breaker," due to its ability to break up and dissolve kidney stones -- is one of our native traditionals. It also possesses the ability to impair certain calcium-forming organisms ("nanobacteria") which, in turn, cause inflammation and the production of bad calcium in the body. (It is widely believed that a host of disease conditions are tied to the overproduction of bad calcium in the body.)
This product can be used as tea using the instructions below, and it also lends itself to encapsulation by experienced end users.
Uses and Protocols:
I. Preparation --- if you can boil water, you can make this product: Professional herbalists will recognize this as a standard decoction.
- Add 1/3 cups of Chanca Piedra to a large sauce pan, along with one quart of purified water (0.95 liters). You have enough product in the product bag to do this seven to eight times.
- Heat until a very low-level boil or "barely boiling" level has been reached and continue boiling for 5 minutes.
- Stir occasionally.
- 2Remove heat source and let cool.
- Pour the contents of your pan through a strainer and into a large glass vase or container so as to remove most of the tea fragments.
- Dispose of tea fragments.
- Drink your tea hot . . . refrigerate glass vase and enjoy later as a refreshing cold tea . . . or refrigerate and reheat later if you want to enjoy the product as a hot tea. You may add cinnamon, lemon, and/or honey to taste. More specific protocols for the use of the product are provided below.
Take under the advisement of your naturopath or other health care practitioner.
Contraindications: None indicated.
Ethnobotanical Dosage / Usage: Duke provides a "food farmacy potential" score for this plant of, "FNFF=X" ("I found nothing credible suggesting the plant as food.") Historical / Ethnobotanical Dosages: 3-6 g. powered herb (KAB); 14-28 ml. tea (KAP); 900 to 2,700 mg. plant powder / day for 3 months (SKY); 10 plants / l water (PH2); 1 to 3 cups weekly for prevention, 3 to 4 cups / day to expel stones (RAI); 2 to 3 g. capsules / tablet, 2X/day (RAI); 2 to 6 ml. extract (1:2)(KEB).
Indications for its ethnobotanical use worldwide are broad and fall into the following categories (p. 534-535):
- Alopecia, amenorrhea, cancer, colic, colitis, constipation, diabetes, dysentery, dyspepsia, edema, enterosis, fever, flu, gallstones, gas, gonorrhea, itch, jauntice, kidney stones, malaria, nephrosis, oliguria, pain, proctosis, spasms, stomachache, viginitis, and worms -- (traditional indications by Western Amazonian peoples: DAV, RAI, SAR).
- Menorrhagia, oliguria -- (Ayurvedics: KAB).
- Bacterial infection, cold, constipation, fever, flu, high blood sugar -- (Bahamians: RAI).
- Albuminuria, arthritis, biliousness, bladder stones, cancer, catarrh, cholecocystosis, colic, cystosis, diabetes, dyspepsia, dysuria, edema, enterosis, fever, flu, gallstones, gas, gonorrhea, gout, hepatosis, high blood pressure, hyperuricemia, inflammation, jaundice, kidney stones, malaria, nephrosis, obesity, oliguria, pain, proctosis, prostatitis, spasms, stomachache, and uterosis -- (traditional indications by Brazilians: MPB, RAI).
- Biliousness, diabetes, dysentery, fever, malaria, and oliguria -- (Cuba : AUS).
- Colic, colitis, dyspepsia, enterosis, fever, flu, gas, malaria, spasm, stomachache, and oliguria -- (Haitians: RAI).
- Cuts, inflammation, pimples, swelling, and wounds -- (Nepal: NPM).
- Diuretic tonic in malaria with splenic and hepatic ailments -- (Puerto Rico: KAB).
- Dysentery, gastrosis, sores; the fruits for bruises, ringworm, scabies, and tubercular sores -- (Yanani in S.A.: KAB).
Additional Online Resources:
- Tropical Plant Database -- This is a comprehensive review of the plant, its medicinal properties, physical characteristics, phytochemistry, clinical research done on the plant to date, and current practical uses from Leslie Taylor's site ("Raintree"). She also produces a 62-page techreport for chanca piedra.
- Benefits of Chanca Piedra -- A summation of its benefits from Global Healing Center.
- Stonebreaker -- This is a comprehensive website devoted to "Chanca Piedra" created by Univ. of Wisconsin biology student, Sam Zwerzik, who was inspired to create a "Stonebreaker" website due to the promise that this medicinal plants for the effective treatment of AIDS.
- Bhuiaonla -- This site, also the creation of a student, (Pankaj Oudhia), focusses on the known medicinal properties of chanca piedra from a ayurvedic perspective.
- "Promising alternative treatment for urolithiasis / nephrolithiasis" -- an examination of the use of chanca piedra to treat these conditions. (Note that these conditions have been treated for these conditions for countless centuries already.) See related study from the same government site.
For more information visit the Chanca Piedra page on Altcancer.net
