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| Athlete's Foot |
| For athlete's foot and fungal growth under toenails" make a decoction of Shipibo Treasure Tea? containing jatoba bark# Treat your feet with a relaxing footbath# You can also put a few droppers of Arcozon? in the footbath which also contains jatoba. |
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| Chronic Fatigue |
| Making a tea from jatoba has been practiced historically in the jungle. The most expedient way to get jatoba is to drink Shipibo Treasure Tea. |
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| Inflammation |
| For conditions linked to inflammation" the convenient way to consume jatoba is by drinking Shipibo Treasure Tea daily. For inflammation" you can also boost the effect by adding Arcozon. that contains jatoba and uña de gato" two of the best anti-inflammatory herbs. |
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 Jatoba is a huge canopy tree growing up to 40 yards in height with a trunk up to six feet in diameter that grows on ridges or slopes and high riverbanks. It is indigenous to the Amazon Rainforest and parts of tropical Central America. It produces bright green leaves, small red flowers, and an edible brown pod-like fruit of approximately six by three inches. It is because of its fruit that jatoba has limited ornamental use for shade, parks and streets. As the fruit falls and matures, it releases an offensive odor. Jatoba produces an orange resinous gum that collects at the bottom of the tree, which is used as incense. Hence, one of its common names is Brazilian Copal.
The main use of jatoba in the jungle is for timber. The wood is strong and hard. It is difficult to saw and carve, though it bends well after steaming. It is commercially useful for flooring, handles, sporting equipment, furniture,
and railroad ties.
Regarding folk medicine, jatoba has a long history of use by the Indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest who macerate the bark to treat diarrhea. However, its most common use is when the bark, resin, and leaves are made
into a tea for the treatment of pulmonary problems such as bronchitis and coughing. A wine called vinho de jatoba is also made with the fruit and bark of jatoba that is used to provide long lasting energy. The bark, leaves and resin of jatoba have been shown to have strong antifungal and antimicrobial properties.
During rainy season when mud is everywhere in the jungle, fungal growth often develop on the feet. Indigenous people make a decoction of the bark of jatoba that they apply to remove and prevent fungal growth.
 The leaves of jatoba contain a group of phytochemicals called terpenes and phenolics which are responsible for protecting the leaves of the tree from leaf fungus. These antimicrobial compounds are water-soluble and therefore transferred to any tea preparation. The antimicrobial properties of jatoba are particularly interesting in the light of recent scientific developments regarding the growth of specific microbes in the body.
Certain fungal forms, such as Candida albicans, may grow in the bloodstream and lead to a series of health problems. For example the presence of Candida in the blood has been associated with chronic fatigue, poor concentration, poor memory, poor sleep pattern, urinary infections and certain skin problems. Other less understood microorganisms, the so called pleomorphic microorganisms, meaning that they can assume various shapes and forms, have also been observed in the blood.
Such microorganisms have been associated with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and other health problems. Scientific
studies have suggested that such pleomorphic microorganisms might in fact live in the red blood cells, in a somewhat symbiotic relationship, but could become pathogenic under certain conditions. Jatoba was shown recently to inhibit the growth of such microorganisms. It is too early to speculate as to the possible application of jatoba for specific health problems, but it remains that drinking jatoba tea provides the body with health promoting phytochemicals.
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