Common Names: 
Vilcacora,  Cat's Claw,  Una de Gato

Botanical Name: Uncaria tomentosa 

Rubiaceae family

Wild crafted

Parts used: Inner bark

Properties/Action/Usage in: 
Cancer, HIV, AIDS, urinary track infection & inflammations, arthritis, rheumatism, sciatic nerve spasm, ulcers, tumors, very potent immune system booster. 

Studies indicate that cat's claw has the ability to protect cancer cells from maturing.

Cats’ Claw is a tropical vine that grows  in South America and Asia. Some refer to the plant as the "Sacred Herb". This vine gets its name from the small thorns at the base of the leaves, which looks like a cat's claw. These claws enable the vine to attach itself around trees climbing to a height up to 120 feet.

The inner bark of a trunk and/or  roots is considered to have valuable medicinal properties and is protected in Peru. Although scientific research has just recently begun (1959 by German scientist) to explore cat's claw, many tribes of South America have used this herb for generations.
Cat's Claw - inner bark - has been used by number of tribes in Peru and throughout South America for over 2000 years. It seams Ashaninka tribe has the widest knowledge of its beneficial curative properties. They are also the source of  commercial supply.

Klaus Keplinger (Austrian scientist) started analysis of Cat's Claw properties in 1974. It contain valuable alkaloids. But just in the last 7 years awareness of its medicinal properties reached many around the world.

Cat's Claw "5000" is a concentrated extract standardized to contain a minimum of 3% total alkaloids (calculated as mitraphylline) and 15% total Polyphenols. Standardized extract 15:1
Suggested Use: As dietary supplement, take 1-2 capsules daily.
Free of: yeast, wheat, corn, soy, milk, preservatives.
60 capsules per bottle. 

Cats’ Claw is a tropical vine that grows  in South America and Asia. Some refer to the plant as the "Sacred Herb". This vine gets its name from the small thorns at the base of the leaves, which looks like a cat's claw. These claws enable the vine to attach itself around trees climbing to a height up to 120 feet.

Uña de gato is the most sacred herb among the Ashaninkas, Campo, and some other Amazonian tribes. According to indigenous Shamans; Uña de Gato serves as a bridge, and balancer between the two worlds "physical and spiritual"; they believe in spiritual causes of ill health, they believe that firstly soul becomes ill then the body, the sacred balance/unity is broken, therefore Uña de Gato is helping to unify the two. 
They believe that unhealthy emotions are the cause of soul suffering. They believe that greed, and anger often cause cancer, fear causes Asthma, luck of understanding of other people point of view causes Arthritis, etc.

See tea preparation, drink one glass 3 x day on empty stomach.