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"Weight Loss A double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled trial of yerba mate, guarana, and damiana (YGD) was conducted on 47 healthy volunteers, aged 20 to 60, to evaluate the effects on gastric emptying and weight loss. Subjects, who had body weight taken and ultrasound performed, were instructed to fast for 8 hours prior to the study start. They were then given three YGD capsules, each containing 112 mg yerba mate, 95 mg guarana, and 36 mg damiana extract, to ingest with 20mL of apple juice, and 15 minutes later, with 400mL of apple juice. The subjects were evaluated at 10 and 45 days." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Since making this discovery, I sometimes have yerba mate. I also occasionally indulge in a cup of coffee, half decaf. I enjoy occasional herbal tea as well but find that I can no longer tolerate those with "spices" or "natural flavorings" in them. I get a reaction like the one I get after accidentally ingesting MSG, which is often hidden in the most innocuous-sounding ingredients. Be sure to drink your hot brew plain or sweetened with unheated honey ?after the drink cools a bit ?or stevia. If available, use raw milk or cream instead of pasteurized. Better yet, use nut milk." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"If you have pre-diabetes or diabetes, I suggest you not use caffeinated drinks such as black tea (containing 60 mg/cup caffeine), green tea (25-30 mg/cup), or even yerba mate (25 mg/cup). Do not drink coffees (lOOmg/cup caffeine), even if they are decaffeinated. Instead, consider the herbal teas and other teas made from natural plant sources. STRINGBEAN POD According to Paavo Airola in How to Get Well, stringbean pod tea is an excellent natural substitute for insulin and therefore extremely beneficial in diabetes." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Folk Names Caa (Guarani, "leaf"), caachiri, caa-cuy, caa-cuyo, caaguagu, caa-guazti, cauna, caunina, congoin, congoinfe, congonha (Brazil), congonhas, congoni, erva mate, grtines gold, herba da Bartholomei, herva-mate, jesuitentee, jesuiten-teestrauch, Jesuit tea, kaa, kaa-mate, mate, mate, mate bush, mate-palme, matepflanze, mateteestrauch, mathee, matte, palo de yerba mate, Paraguay tea, paraguay-tee, stidseetee, yerba, yerbabaum, yerba mate, yerba mate, yerva de palo History In South America, mate appears to have been used as an agent of pleasure and a ritual drug for millennia." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"Take 2 to 3 teaspoons of yerba mate in 16 ounces of hot water on an empty stomach. Q The following Chinese herbs support sinus health: • Magnolia flower (Magnolia liliflora, also known as xho yi hua) has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine to open nasal passages and relieve headaches associated with sinus problems. • Scutellaria (Scutellaria baicalensis) root contains powerful flavonoids and antioxidants that enhance the immune system. It inhibits the contraction of tissues in allergic reactions." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Immune system Ashwagandha, astragalus, bayberry, burdock, cat's claw, cedar, chuchuhuasi, devil's claw, echinacea, eyebright, elder, garlic, ginseng, goldenseal, green tea, horehound, licorice, maca, macela, milk thistle, myrrh, pau d'arco, puncture vine, red clover, suma, white willow, wild oregano, yerba mate. Muscles Blue cohosh, celery, chanca piedra, chuchuhuasi, eucalyptus, feverfew, ginger, hawthorn, horse chestnut, horsetail, kava kava, lady's mantle, licorice, macela, meadowsweet, puncture vine, skullcap, uva ursi, valerian, wild oregano, wild yam, wintergreen, wood betony." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "John's wort, sarsaparilla, skullcap, squawvine, stone root, suma, thyme, valerian, vervain, white willow, wild cherry, wild oregano, wintergreen, wood betony, wormwood, yerba mate." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Other Names: Jesuit's Brazil Tea, Paraguay Tea, yerba mate actions and pharmacology COMPOUNDS Purine alkaloids: chief alkaloids caffeine (0.4-2.4%) and theobromine (0.3-0.5%) Caffeic acid derivatives: including among others chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid Flavonoids: including among others rutin, isoquercitrin, kaempferol glycosides Triterpene saponins (mate saponins) Nitrile glycosides: menisdaurin, not cyanogenic Volatile oil EFFECTS The main active principles are caffeine in varying amounts, tannins and small amounts of essential oil." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Folk Names Caa (Guarani, "leaf"), caachiri, caa-cuy, caa-cuyo, caaguagu, caa-guazti, cauna, caunina, congoin, congoinfe, congonha (Brazil), congonhas, congoni, erva mate, grtines gold, herba da Bartholomei, herva-mate, jesuitentee, jesuiten-teestrauch, Jesuit tea, kaa, kaa-mate, mate, mate, mate bush, mate-palme, matepflanze, mateteestrauch, mathee, matte, palo de yerba mate, Paraguay tea, paraguay-tee, stidseetee, yerba, yerbabaum, yerba mate, yerba mate, yerva de palo History In South America, mate appears to have been used as an agent of pleasure and a ritual drug for millennia." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"They were then given three YGD capsules, each containing 112 mg yerba mate, 95 mg guarana, and 36 mg damiana extract, to ingest with 20mL of apple juice, and 15 minutes later, with 400mL of apple juice. The subjects were evaluated at 10 and 45 days. The mean gastric emptying times were 38 +/- 7.6 minutes following placebo capsules and 58 +/- 15 minutes after YGD capsules (a mean 53% increase). Subjects in the treatment group showed an increased weight loss (mean decrease of 5.1 +/- 0.5kg after 45 days on YGD vs. 0.3 +/- 0.08kg with placebo)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Other herbs that are good for this disorder include burdock root, echinacea, fenugreek, goldenseal, licorice, marshmallow root, pau d'arco, enteric-coated peppermint (do not use any other form), red clover, rose hips, silymarin (milk thistle extract), slippery elm, and yerba mate. These herbs support digestion, cleanse the bloodstream, and reduce inflammation and infection. For best results, use them on an alternating basis. Cautions: Do not use licorice on a daily basis for more than seven days in a row, and avoid it completely if you have high blood pressure." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Quality organic yerba mate environmentally cultivated and harvested. 541-846-6262 or 800-545-739 www.herb-pharm.com Makers of excellent-quality herbal tinctures. Horizon Herbs P.O. Box 69 Williams, OR 97544-0069 541-846-6704 www.horizonherbs.com Excellent selection of herb seeds and seedlings. Mountain Rose Herbs 25472 Dilley Lane Eugene, OR 97405 800-879-3337 www.mountainrose.com Herbs and herbal products such as strainers, empty tea bags, tincture bottles, et cetera. Primal Essence 1351 Maulhardt Avenue Oxnard, CA 93030 805-981-2409 www.primalessence." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

"Folk Names Caa (Guarani, "leaf"), caachiri, caa-cuy, caa-cuyo, caaguagu, caa-guazti, cauna, caunina, congoin, congoinfe, congonha (Brazil), congonhas, congoni, erva mate, grtines gold, herba da Bartholomei, herva-mate, jesuitentee, jesuiten-teestrauch, Jesuit tea, kaa, kaa-mate, mate, mate, mate bush, mate-palme, matepflanze, mateteestrauch, mathee, matte, palo de yerba mate, Paraguay tea, paraguay-tee, stidseetee, yerba, yerbabaum, yerba mate, yerba mate, yerva de palo History In South America, mate appears to have been used as an agent of pleasure and a ritual drug for millennia." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"Not to be Confused With: Congorosa is sometimes confused with (and adulterated with) yerba mate. actions and pharmacology COMPOUNDS Macrocyclic alkaloids (0.00005%): maytansinoides, including maytansine, maytanprine, maytanbutine EFFECTS The quinoid triterpene maytenin contained in the drug exhibits antimicrobial and tumor-inhibiting properties, particularly in topical administration for the treatment of basal cell carcinomas. Maytansine exhibits significant cytotoxic and antitumoral efficacy (similar to that of vinca alkaloids)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"These include black tea or chai, yerba mate, rooibos tea, hibiscus tea and honeybush tea. The process of fermentation is actually an enzymatic oxidation during which phenolic compounds are modified and various flavour components are produced. Green (unfermented) tea has become popular in recent years because it contains higher levels of phenolic compounds and therefore has superior antioxidant properties. Some herbal teas, including hibiscus, rooibos and honeybush, are naturally devoid of stimulants." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.) "Both the plant and the tea are also known as Paraguay tea or yerba mate. Origin & history Brazil and Paraguay. Mate leaves were traditionally chewed as a stimulant by the South American Indians. By the end of the sixteenth century it was brewed as a tea by Jesuit priests who learnt about mate from the Indians. It became a national drink in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The tree was threatened by wild-harvesting but was taken into cultivation during the nineteenth century and is now grown on a commercial scale. Parts used Leaves." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Eight species of the genus Theobroma contain theobromine, as do: Camellia sinensis (which gives us tea); six species of the genus Coffea (including the one that yields coffee); and Ilex paraguariensis, the source of yerba mate, another New World addition to the alkaloid drink inventory, a South American tea which should be drunk from a silver-mounted gourd through a silver strainer-straw. During the past decade, a growing literature on the supposed health effects of chocolate has appeared in medical and nutritional literature and in the media." - Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe, The True History of Chocolate (Get the book.)

"Don) from the Family Icacinaceae is known as yerba mate de Chile (Mosbach 1992,90*). Psychoactive Material • Leaves (mate folium, folia mate, mate) The tea that is made from the leaves is known variously as mate tea, Jesuit tea, mission tea, Paraguay tea, parana tea, St. Bartholomew's tea, mate, the du Paraguay, chimarrao, erva mate, and yerba mate. In South America, the following species are used as substitutes for or additives to the true mate: Ilex brevicuspis Reiss., Ilex conocarpa Reiss., Ilex dumosa Reiss., Ilex microdonta Reiss., Ilex pseudobuxus Reiss., and Ilex theezans Mart." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"Other Names: yerba mate, Jesuit's Tea, Paraguay Tea ACTION AND PHARMACOLOGY COMPOUNDS Purine alkaloids: chief alkaloids caffeine (0.4-2.4%) and theobromine (0.3-0.5%) Caffeic acid derivatives: including among others chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid Flavonoids: including among others rutin, isoquercitrin, kaempferol glycosides Triterpene saponins (mate saponins) Nitrile glycosides: menisdaurin, not cyanogenic EFFECTS The main active principles are caffeine in varying amounts, tannins and small amounts of essential oil." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"Adding maca to a smoothie along with other next-level ingredients is an excellent way to nourish the adrenals after consuming yerba mate. When selecting maca, choose the gelatinized form. The process of gelatinization removes the hard-to-digest starchy component of the maca root. The result is an easily digestible, quickly assimilated, and more concentrated form of maca. Gelatinized maca has a pleasant, slightly butterscotch taste and dissolves more easily than regular maca. The published human clinical studies indicating maca's effectiveness were all performed using the gelatinized form." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.) "The caffeine in the yerba mate will stimulate his adrenal glands, improving his endurance and helping him achieve a better performance than he might otherwise achieve. This will also bring about greater fatigue within a day or two, and that's fine. At the time of the race, the athlete simply borrowed energy from the future to fuel his performance. Extra fatigue a day or two later will be a small price to pay for his performance. The same holds true for those trying to get more done at work. Stimulation can enable them to achieve more in the short term." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.) "If you feel that you need yerba mate before every workout, it's time to take a rest. nutrition immediately after exercise Breaking down muscle tissue on a regular basis and then consuming, without fail, the right nutritional building blocks after the workout is the basis for a stronger, more vibrant, biologically younger body. What is consumed after the workout is vital for cellular reconstruction. Immediately following a workout, the best snack to eat is one consisting primarily of simple carbohydrate. (A protein "construction" meal should come later." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.) "Variation: Add 2 tsp ground yerba mate for a high-performance version. (Keep in mind that this will also mean greater fatigue later.) Makes 2 servings. Recovery Pudding This pudding is similar to the recovery drinks, simply offering a different texture for variety. It tastes especially good when cold, just after a hot summer workout." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"Vitamin C In Cuba and China, researchers found that people who take high doses of vitamin C tend to live 5 years longer than people who don't. yerba mate YERBA MATE (mah-tay) is a form of holly that is grown in Paraguay, where it is made into a tea that is the national beverage. Charles Darwin, the famous naturalist, called this beverage "the ideal stimulant," since it contains caffeine, but less than coffee or ordinary tea. The Paraguayans use it as a remedy for headaches and insomnia, to relieve fatigue, and to stimulate mental and physical energy." - Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D. and Jean Barilla, M.S., Natural Health Secrets From Around the World (Get the book.)

"Bartholomew's tea, mate, the du Paraguay, chimarrao, erva mate, and yerba mate. In South America, the following species are used as substitutes for or additives to the true mate: Ilex brevicuspis Reiss., Ilex conocarpa Reiss., Ilex dumosa Reiss., Ilex microdonta Reiss., Ilex pseudobuxus Reiss., and Ilex theezans Mart. (Holzl and Ohem 1993, 508). In Bolivia, Coussarea hydrangeaefolia Benth. et Hook. (Rubiaceae) is regarded as the true mate (Hartwich 1911,452*). The leaves of the mate bush (Ilex paraguariensis) are quite large. Botanical illustration of Ilex paraguariensis." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"In South America, yerba mate is considered a national drink in several countries; in Europe, it is called "the green gold of the Indios." In Brazil and Paraguay (leading exporters of mate), some production still comes from wild stands—most of which is found in the humid depressions of the foothills. It is not unusual for one wild tree to yield 30-40 kg of dried leaves annually. In wild harvesting, mate gatherers, called tarrafeiros or yeba-teros, travel through the jungle searching for a stand of trees (called a mancha). Harvesting is done between May and October, when the tree is in full leaf." - Leslie Taylor, ND, The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals (Get the book.) "Their subsequent demand for the tea led the Jesuits to develop plantations of the wild species in Paraguay and yerba mate became known as "Jesuits' tea" or "Paraguay tea." Methods of leaf preparation for the traditional tea beverage vary. In one method, the branches are cut, then held over an open fire (to fire-cure the leaves). This deactivates the enzymes in the leaves (making them more brittle) and the green color of the leaves is retained in the subsequent drying process (with charred bits often found in the resulting tea product, which lends to a smoky flavor)." - Leslie Taylor, ND, The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals (Get the book.) "True yerba mate, however, is considered a safe supplement and is on the FDA's GRAS list (generally regarded as safe). Consumers should stick with reputable manufacturers who regularly test and control their imported plant ingredients to avoid such issues as adulterants. Traditional Preparation A leaf tea or infusion is the standard preparation, utilizing 2-4 g of cut leaves in 150 ml of hot water. Powdered leaf and leaf extracts with standardized caffeine content are being used in capsules and formulas in herbal products as well." - Leslie Taylor, ND, The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals (Get the book.)

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