It´s a extracted from the bark of a tree that grows in the amazon. It´s traditionally used by Amazonian natives from ancestral times for the treatment of chronic diarrhea, leucorrhea, gastritis, gastrointestinal ulcers, as a healing, stimulating body defenses, bacteriostatic, bactericidal, fungicide, It´s aslo used for the treatment of influenza, tonsillitis, herpes, uta, burns, acne, colds, tonsil affections, gingivitis, cervicitis, lose weight and control hemorrhages.