Traditional Medicinals - Pau d'Arco Tea - 16 Tea Bags

Traditional Medicinals Pau d'Arco Tea is gorgeous, strong and enigmatic. Traditional Medicinals Pau d'Arco Tea has an earthy taste—woody, tannic and slightly bitter. Pau d'Arco Tea is used historically by the indigenous peoples of South America and modern day herbalists. Pau d'Arco is the inner bark of a South American tree. People love this amazingly beautiful, flowering tree, also known as "Pink Ipe" or "Pink Lapacho," due to its stunning pinkish, purple trumpet-like flower. Pau d'Arco has been used by traditional healers in Brazil, Argentina, Peru and other South American countries for centuries. Modern researchers have largely focused on isolated constituents of Pau d'Arco, particularly its naphthoquinones including lapachol and anthraquinones including tabebuin. Only more recently has this cherished herb made its way into the herbal traditions of the West. People believe that Pau d'Arco's benefits are due to the combined action of all of the plant's naturally occurring constituents, so using it in its whole form infused as a hot tea is superior to the actions of isolated plant chemicals.