Guarana bush

The guarana climbing shrub is an up to 12 meter high climbing shrub from the soap tree family, which is native to Brazil/Venezuela. Paullina cupana is the parent plant of Paullinae semen and guarana, the guarana paste made from the roasted and powdered seeds.

Tonic, tonic for states of exhaustion(ESCOP and HMPCmonograph ). The remedy is used folkloristically for heart and digestive complaints, diarrhea and fever.

4-8% caffeine, catechin tanning agents, tannins, saponins.

1. Ammon HPT et al (2014) Hunnius Pharmaceutical Dictionary 11th edition Walter de Gruyter Berlin-New York p. 1345
2. https://www.heilpflanzen-atlas.de/heilpflanzen/guarana/
3. https://www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/extrakte-bei-muedigkeit-und-schwaeche-115500/