Tonka Beans Aphrodisiac and other Health Benefits. People take tonka bean as a tonic; to increase sexual desire (as an aphrodisiac); and to treat cramps, nausea, cough, spasms, tuberculosis, wasting due to chronic disease, swelling caused by a blockage in the lymph system (lymphedema), and a parasitic disease called schistosomiasis.
Tonka Beans - Dipteryx odorata Willd
Origin: Brazil
Used part: Seeds
The cumaru is a native plant of the Brazilian that is quite fragrant, from the seeds to its bark. For this reason, it is widely known as an ingredient for fava-tonka, which is a widely used flavoring in the pharmaceutical industry but is currently in disuse.
From the scientific name dipteryx odorata , the plant can also be known as cumaru of scent, cumarujo, champagne, muimapagé, tonka fava of ia, amburana, cumaru of big leaf, cumaru yellow, cumarurana, cumaru real and cumaru of as, among other names , and belongs to the family of the fabaceae, leguminosae.
The plant is large, can reach 30 meters in height when natural, but when cultivated is a little smaller. Its bark is smooth and yellow, its flowers quite aromatic, small in white tones with pink tips and drupe fruit is yellow-green with a bitter taste. Its seeds have wine coloration, but they darken and turn black when ripe.
The plant contains coumarin throughout its length, and in the leaves it has coumaric, genotypic, melylotic, ferulic, salicylic, hydroxybenzoic acid. People take tonka bean as a tonic; to increase sexual desire (as an aphrodisiac); and to treat cramps, nausea, cough, spasms, tuberculosis, wasting due to chronic disease, swelling caused by a blockage in the lymph system (lymphedema), and a parasitic disease called schistosomiasis.
Good Herbal Remedy:
How to Drink:
Take 2 to 3 cups a day.
No contraindications or side effects were found in the literature consulted. Do not exceed the indicated dosage.
Before consuming any medication, even if natural, consult a medical specialist to analyze your clinical condition and see if the treatment is in fact the ideal. It is important to mention the consumption of any medications, in addition to all the symptoms, as treating a symptom may mask the actual problem, and the medications may suffer some kind of interaction.
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