Espinheira Santa in Plant - 50g

Espinheira-santa is a plant from the Celastraceae family. Popularly known as espinheira-santa, espinheira divina, maiteno, salvavidas, shadow-de-bull, herb-cancerosa, congorça, cancerosa, cancorosa, enpinho-de-deus, and congorça.

The parts of espinheira-santa used are the leaves, which can be administered in the form of tea, capsules with dry extract, tinctures and fluid extract. Espinheira-santa tea has always been very popular in alternative medicine, as it has always been widely used by indigenous tribes in South America, being popularly considered a "holy medicine". In addition to internal use, topical tea or ointments from the plant can be used to minimize wound pain and facilitate healing.

Espinheira santa is used to treat stomach problems such as ulcers, gastritis, heartburn, burning and dyspepsia, and is also effective against H.Pylori.