For centuries, many cultures in South America have used Cat's Claw herb for a variety of needs. Making Cat's Claw Tea and Cat's claw extract are the traditional uses of the ancient bark.
 
Organic Cats Claw herb is actually a vine from peru ( also called Una de Gato) and was traditionally used as an herb in Peruvian medicine. The herb is highly respected in their culture and used for a variety of ailments. In the past few decades the herb has gained recognition around the world for it's many uses!

The vine is called by many names throughout the world including paraguayo, garabato, garbato, uña huasca, uña de gavilan, and hawk's claw.

Some of the compounds found in Cat's Claw have shown to be anti- inflammatory, antiviral, antioxidant, and antiviral.

Cat's claw contains the following chemicals/compounds - ajmalicine, akuammigine, campesterol, catechin, carboxyl alkyl esters, chlorogenic acid, cinchonain, corynantheine, corynoxeine, daucosterol, epicatechin, harman, hirsuteine, hirsutine, iso-pteropodine, loganic acid, lyaloside, mitraphylline, oleanolic acid, palmitoleic acid, procyanidins, pteropodine, quinovic acid glycosides, rhynchophylline, rutin, sitosterols, speciophylline, stigmasterol, strictosidines, uncarine A thru F, and vaccenic acid.