Pau D'arco and the amazon
One of my favorite body lotions, Telbari.com's "Andrea Baby Lotion", contains sea buckthorn oil, avocado oil, wheat germ... and organic Pau d'arco extract. This would make it quite possibly one of the most powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory skin lotions I know of.
I started researching pau d'arco a couple of years ago along with yerba mate, but didn't really give it much thought until someone recommended the Andrea Lotion. Pau d'arco is a pretty impressive little plant. It's very protective and immune boosting, and I wish it was used more often in skin care, especially in sunscreens; it would prevent inflammation and free radical damage that might lead to skin cancers.
I think it has become my favorite skin care ingredient to come from Brazil. Heck, I just love Brazil. Adam says he has vivid dreams about being in Peru and we think it may have been a past life. He wants to go there one day. I want to see a rainforest.
Researching plants and herbs like pau d'arco and yerba mate gives me some wonderful insight into how fantastic the Brazilian rainforests really are.
http://www.rain-tree.com/paudarco.htm
http://www.herb-care.com/pau.html
I started researching pau d'arco a couple of years ago along with yerba mate, but didn't really give it much thought until someone recommended the Andrea Lotion. Pau d'arco is a pretty impressive little plant. It's very protective and immune boosting, and I wish it was used more often in skin care, especially in sunscreens; it would prevent inflammation and free radical damage that might lead to skin cancers.
I think it has become my favorite skin care ingredient to come from Brazil. Heck, I just love Brazil. Adam says he has vivid dreams about being in Peru and we think it may have been a past life. He wants to go there one day. I want to see a rainforest.
Researching plants and herbs like pau d'arco and yerba mate gives me some wonderful insight into how fantastic the Brazilian rainforests really are.
http://www.rain-tree.com/paudarco.htm
http://www.herb-care.com/pau.html