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Cat’s Claw
Important safety information: Avoid in pregnancy and breastfeeding without qualified advice; the source notes historical contraceptive use and animal antifertility findings. Diarrhoea and indigestion may occur. Review with autoimmune disease, immunosuppressive treatment, kidney disease or medicines. Do not present historical cancer or HIV use as proven treatment.
Herbal actions
- Immune-modulating
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antioxidant
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Traditional Peruvian restorative and inflammatory-condition use
- Traditional support in arthritis and gastritis
- Historical convalescence and chronic-condition use
Main constituents
Oxindole alkaloids, including pentacyclic and tetracyclic chemotypes; glycosides, polyphenols and sterols
Preparation overview
Tea: Professional guidance recommended. Chemotype and extract composition matter. A tea or another extract ratio is not equivalent to the 1:2 liquid-extract reference.
Liquid extract reference: 1:2 liquid extract: 4.5–11 mL/day (30–75 mL/week)
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
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