Pau d'Arco is one of the most revered, widely used medicinal in the Amazon. It has a long traditional use for the treatment of arthritis (and bursitis), anemia, boils, colitis, malaria, poor circulation, snake bites, VD, and the broadest range of cancers of any medicinal herb we've ever worked with. Taylor doesn't recommend its use in capsule form, but we've seen excellent results using this delivery method. Capsule dosage: two capsules, two to three times daily. Tea dosage: Prepare as a decoction, using 10 g. (about one-eighth of our 85 g. bag) to a quart of purified water. Make sure you boil for a good 15 minutes. Then drink one half to one cup of the tea, two to four times daily.

Not recommended if pregnant, seeking to conceive, or lactating. Excess dosaging can cause nausea, GI upset, or even vomiting. Reduce dosage at the first sign of nausea. Do not use higher doses unless under the advise of qualified practitioner.
Five years or more.

Further information for practitioners: World-famous botanist Dr. James Duke attributes the following activities to this plant (p. 614-617; see hardcopy cover at right), drawn from the extant literature. (See his graduation for "level of efficacy" on our amazon traditionals page; followed by Duke's bibliographic abbreviations (in capital letters), which we identify on a separate page.)
Duke provides a "food farmacy potential" score for this plant of "FNFF=X."

• Abortifacient (1; MAB; MPG; RAI)
• Alexeritic (f; CRC)
• Analgesic (f; CRC; MAB; RAI; X11574048)
• Antiaggregant (1; MAB; RAI)
• Anticancer (1; X15829436)
• Anticarcinomic (1; RAI)
• Antihemorrhagic (1; X11025161)
• Antiinflammatory (1; MAB; MPG; RAI; X10820794)
• Antileukemic (1; HH2; RAI)
• Antilymphosarcomic (1; MAB)
• Antimalarial (1; RAI)
• AntiMDR (1; RAI; X12636992)
• Antimelanomic (1; MAB)
• Antimetastatic (1; MAB)
• Antioxidant (f1; JAF51:295)
• Antiparasitic (f; MAB)
• Antiproliferant (1; X12689523; MAB)
• Antirheumatic (f1; MAB; RAI)
• Antisarcomic (1; HH2; MPG)
• Antiseptic (1; MAB; MPG; RAI)
• Antitelomerase (1; X15829436)
• Antitrypanosomic (1; X11190779)
• Antitumor (f1; MAB; MPG; PED)
• Antiulcer (1; MAB)
• Antiviral (1; HH2; MAB; RAI)
• Aphrodisiac (f; CRC)
• Apoptotic (1; X14597880)
• Astringent (f; MPB; PED)
• Bactericide (1; APA; MAB; RAI)
• Candidicide (1; MAB)
• Chemopreventive (1; X145979880)
• Cicatrizant (f1; DLZ)
• Cox-2 Inhibitor (1; X15829436)
• Cytotoxic (1; HH@; X9567326)
• Depurative (f; MAB)
• Digestive (f; APA)
• Diuretic (f; CRC; PED; X11574048)
• Estrogenic (1; MAB)
• Febrifuge (f; PED)
• Fungicide (1; APA; CRC; MAB; PED)
• Hypoglycemic (f; APA)
• Immunodepressant (1; MAB)
• Immunostimulant (1; MAB; RAI)
• Insectifuge (1; RAI)
• Laxative (f1; JAF51:295; RAI)
• Parasiticide (1; APA)
• Protisticide (1; MAB; RAI)
• Respiro-Stimulant (1; RAI)
• RT-Inhibitor (1; HH2)
• Schistosomicide (1; RAI)
• Secretolytic (f; RAI)
• Termiticide (1; RAI)
• Termitifuge (1; CRC)
• Tonic (f; DLZ; RAI)
• Trypanosomicide (1; MAB)
• Vitamin-K-Antagonist (1; X9137445)

Further information for practitioners: Duke provides the following indications for this plant:

• Abscesses (1; RAI)
• Adenopathy (1; CRC; JLH)
• Allergies (f; RAI)
• Anemia (f; MAB; RAI)
• Arteriosclerosis (1; DLZ)
• Arthrosis (f; RAI)
• Asthma (f; HH2; RAI)
• Athlete's Foot (f1; APA; RAI)
• Backache (f; RAI)
• Bacteria (f1; RAI; X12636992)
• Bleeding (f; RAI)
• Boils (f; CRC)
• Bronchosis (f; HH2)
• Bursitis (f; RAI)
• Cancer (f1; APA; MAB; MPB)
• Cancer, breast (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH; X9567326)
• Cancer, colon (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH; X9567326)
• Cancer, esophagus (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH)
• Cancer, intestine (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH)
• Cancer, ovary (1; RAI)
• Cancer, pancreas (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH; RAI)
• Cancer, prostate (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH)
• Cancer, skin (1; MAB; PED)
• Cancer, throat (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH)
• Cancer, tongue (f1; CRC; FNF; JLH)
• Candida (f1; MAB; RAI)
• Carcinoma (1; MAB)
• Chagas (1; X11190779)
• Chlorosis (f; CRC)
• Circulosis (f; RAI)
• Colds (f; CRC)
• Colitis (f; RAI)
• Constipation (f1; JAF51:295)
• Coughs (f; RAI)
• Cystosis (f; MPG; RAI)
• Decubitus (f; HH2)
• Dermatosis (f1; MAB; PED; RAI; X11378228)
• Diabetes (f; DLZ; JAF51:295)
• Diarrhea (f; CRC)
• Dysentery (f; CRC; MAB)
• EBV (1; MAB)
• Dysuria (f; CRC; RAI)
• Eczema (f1; MAB; PED; RAI)
• Edema (1; HH2)
• Enterosis (f; JLH; MPG; RAI)
• Enuresis (f; CRC; RAI)
• Fever (f; CRC)
• Flu (f; RAI)
• Fungus (f1; CRC; SKY)
• Gastrosis (f; HH2; RAI)
• Gingivosis (f; RAI)
• Glioma (1; RAI)
• Gonorrhea (f; CRC; MPB, RAI)
• Headache (f; CRC; RAI)
• Hemorrhoids (f; PED; RAI)
• Hepatoma (1; RAI)
• Hepatosis (f; RAI)
• Hernia (f; RAI)
• Herpes (f; RAI)
• Hodgkin's Disease (f; APA; CRC; RAI)
• Immune Dysfunction (f1; RAI; SKY)
• Impetigo (f; RAI)
• Incontinence (f; CRC; RAI)
• Infection (f1; HH2; MAB; RAI)
• Inflammation (f1; RAI; X10820794)
• Itch (f; RAI)
• Leishmania (f; RAI)
• Leukemia (1; APA; MAB; PED)
• Lupus (f; CRC; RAI)
• Malaria (f1; MAB; RAI)
• Metastasis (f; JLH)
• Mycosis (f1; CRC; HH2; MAB; X11378288)
• Myeloma (1; RAI)
• Osteomyelitic (f; RAI)
• Pain (f1; CRC; HH2; RAI; X11574048)
• Parasites (f; RAI)
• Parkinson's (f; RAI)
• Pharyngosis (f; CRC; RAI)
• Polyps (f; JLH)
• Prostatosis (f; RAI)
• Psoriasis (f1; PED; RAI; X10479319)
• Pulmonosis (f; DLZ)
• Rabies (f; CRC)
• Respirosis (f; RAI)
• Rheumatism (f; HH2; PED)
• Ringworm (f; MPB)
• Scabies (f; MAB; MPB; RAI)
• Schistosomiasis (1; MAB)
• Snake Bite (1; CRC; X11025161)
• Sores (f; HH2; MPB)
• Sore Throat (f; MAB; RAI)
• Staphylococcus (1; HH2; X12636992)
• Stomachache (1; HH2)
• Stomatosis (f; RAI)
• Swelling (1; X11574048)
• Syphilis (f; CRC; RAI)
• Tendonosis (f; RAI)
• Toothache (f; CRC; RAI)
• Trypanosomiasis (1; X11190779)
• Ulcers (f1; JAF51:295; MAB; PED; RAI)
• Uterosis (f; RAI)
• UTI's (f; RAI)
• Vaginosis (1; MAB)
• Varicosity (f; RAI)
• VD (f; CRC; MPB)
• Warts (f; RAI)
• Wounds (f1; DLZ; MAB)
• Yeast (f1; CRC; MAB; RAI; SKY)