| Q-assia,
el aliado para su digestion
Quassia amara (Hombre
grande) has been used as an infusion of drops with
the inconvenience that it leaves a strong bitter taste in
the mouth.
Lisan has developed a new presentation of this product in
the form of coated tablets with the standardized active ingredient
that includes the benefits of the plant but without the inconvenient
bitter taste.
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Traditional
Use of Quassia amara (Hombre grande)
In Costa Rica the use of Quassia
amara, as a medicinal plant has been wide spread, since
our indigenous people from Talamanca, and the Afro-Caribbean
people of the Atlantic Coast have been using it as medicine
since the XIX Century. It has been used as a stomach stimulating
bitter tonic, to combat stones in the liver and kidneys, for
slow, difficult digestion, for acidity, dyspepsia, and lack
of appetite. It is also used for diarrhea, malaria, and insomnia.
Quassia amara has been used in Europe since the XVIII
Century, At present it is included in the French pharmacopoeia.
Nowadays, Quassia Amara is a sustainable natural
resource or our tropical forests.
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Dyspepsia
One of the most frequent problems
of the Costa Rican population is dyspepsia or bad digestion. Dyspepsia
is a syndrome that comprises a set of symptoms such as filling full,
acidity, gasses, and bitter taste, which can occur temporarily or
persistently.
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| Active
Ingredient
Bitter substances present diverse
chemical structures, but they all have their flavor in common.
Their most important active ingredient, quassine, accounts
for 60% of the quassinoides (bitter taste) of its composition.
Quassin activates the mucus and facilitates normal secretion;
it stimulates the muscles of the digestive tube and bile secretion.
The wood of Quassia amara has the highest levels
of quassin within the Simaroubaceae family and other bitter
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