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Avenca Powder Adiantum capillus-veneris1 Pound (16 oz) Buy Now
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Purchase a one pound package of Raintree's sustainably harvested pure avenca (Adiantum capillus-veneris) leaf powder - rich in active and beneficial phytochemicals that occur naturally in this plant. Chemical analysis of avenca reveals an array of compounds including triterpenes, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, and carotenoids. Interestingly, despite its ancient use, there has been no specific research on avenca to isolate and test its chemicals for biological activities.*
This plant has been milled into a fine powder which is suitable to stuff into capsules or to prepare your own teas, tinctures or extracts. Raintree's avenca has been sustainably wild-harvested in the Amazon Rainforest (without any pesticides or fertilizers). To see photographs of avenca, click here.
Traditional Uses:* for respiratory problems (coughs, bronchitis, colds, flu, pneumonia, excessive mucous/phlegm); for hair loss; for gallstones; for menstrual disorders (interruption or absence of menstrual cycle); as a blood cleanser and liver detoxifier
For more information about avenca (Adiantum capillus-veneris), please refer to the Database File for Avenca in the Tropical Plant Database. For general information on Raintree's available bulk plants and sustainable harvesting practices, please refer to Main Page for Bulk Plants.
This bulk one pound package retails for $28.00. Purchase Avenca Powder Now
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Ingredients: 100% pure avenca (Adiantum capillus-veneris) leaf powder. No binders, fillers or additives are used. This is a wild harvested plant—grown naturally in the Brazilian Amazon without any pesticides or fertilizers.
Suggested Use: This plant is best prepared as an infusion (tea). Use one teaspoon of powder for each cup of water. Pour boiling water over herb in cup and allow to steep 10 minutes. Strain tea (or allow settled powder to remain in the bottom of cup) and drink warm. It is traditionally taken in 1/2 cup amounts, twice daily. For more complete instrutions on preparing herbal infusions see the Methods for Preparing Herbal Remedies Page.
Contraindications:
- Not to be used while pregnant.
- Avenca has been documented to lower blood sugar levels in animal studies. It is probably contraindicated for people will hypoglycemia.
- The plant has shown to have an anti-implantation effect in animal studies and may prevent conception. Couples seeking fertility treatment or pregnancy should not take avenca.
- Due to its effect on fertility and menstruation, avenca may have estrogen-like effects and should probably be avoided by women with estrogen-positive cancers.
Drug Interactions: Avenca may potentiate insulin and antidiabetic drugs
RELATED PRODUCTS:
Avenca can be found as an ingredient in these proprietary Raintree formulas:
Avenca Tech Report -- A Technical Plant Data Report is available for avenca.
Third-Party Published Research*
This Raintree product has not been the subject of any clinical research.
All available third-party research on avenca can be found at PubMed.
A partial listing of the published research on avenca is shown below:
Antimicrobial Actions:
Singh, M., et al. "Antimicrobial activity of some important Adiantum species used traditionally in indigenous systems of medicine. J. Ethnopharmacol. 2008 Jan 17; 115(2): 327-9.
Mahmoud, M. J., et al. “In vitro antimicrobial activity of Salsola rosmarinus and Adiantum capillus-veneris.” Int. J. Crude Drug Res. 1989; 27(1): 14–16.
Husson, G. P., et al. “Research into antiviral properties of a few natural extracts.” Ann. Pharm. Fr. 1986;
44(1): 41–8.
Anti-fertility Actions:
Murthy, R. S. R., et al. “Anti-implantation activity of isoadiantone.” Indian Drugs 1984; 21(4): 141–44.
Murti, S. “Post coital anti-implantation activity of Indian medicinal plants.” Abstr. 32nd Indian
Pharmaceutical Cong. Nagpur. 1981; Abstract D14: 23–5.
Hypoglycemic Actions:
Neef, H., et al. “Hypoglycaemic activity of selected European plants.” Phytother. Res. 1995; 9(1): 45–8.
Neef, H., et al. “Hypoglycemic activity of selected European plants.” Pharm. World & Sci. 1993; 15(6):
H11.
Jain, S. R., et al. “Hypoglycaemic drugs of Indian indigenous origin.” Planta Med. 1967; 15(4): 439–42.
Phototropic Actions:
Iwata, T., et al. "Identification of the C=O Stretching Vibrations of FMN and Peptide Backbone by (13)C-Labeling of the LOV2 Domain of Adiantum Phytochrome3." Biochemistry. 2006 Dec; 45(51): 15384-15391.
Tsuboi, H., et al. "Negative phototropic response of rhizoid cells in the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris." J. Plant Res. 2006 Sep; 119(5): 505-12.
Doi, M., et al. "The fern Adiantum capillus-veneris lacks stomatal responses to blue light." Plant Cell Physiol. 2006; 47(6): 748-55.
Suetsugu, N., et al. "A chimeric photoreceptor gene, NEOCHROME, has arisen twice during plant evolution." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2005 Sep; 102(38): 13705-9.
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