Description
Coca powder (Erytroxylum coca) leaves give the body a stimulation and vitality necessary in these times of great physical wear and mental exhaustion. It can be consumed with milk, juice, yogurt, honey or mixed with stews and in the preparation of various vegetarian dishes.
Delisse coca tea powder ‘Mate de Coca’ is a herbal tea made from the leaves of the Peruvian coca plant. Mate de Coca has been used since the Incas. The leaves are collected, dried and finely ground into powder. Mate de Coca is pure nature! It contains only finely ground coca leaves.
This coca leaf is widely accepted for the pleasant flavor of its leaves due to its higher content of volatile fatty acids; that give the coca leaves their special aroma; having among its components methyl salicylate. Used as flavorings in the soft drink industry.
Among other features; highlights the highest content of calcium and phosphorus; making this species have more minerals.
Likewise another reason; to prefer this product; is that it has a higher content of carotenes; who are known for their powerful antioxidant effects; they also help improve the immune system. Its character of vitamin A enhancer, makes it a very beneficial element for the eyes, the formation of bones and red blood cells.
It is important to understand that coca leaves and cocaine are different things. Cocaine is not the component of coca tea or mate, it is obtained through the chemical processing of coca leaves together with other chemical substances.
This powder of coca is 100% natural, is made of selected and crushed leaves, which keep 100% of the properties and vitamins that the coca plant has.
The infusion of coca contains vitamins A, E, B1, B2, B3 and C (ascorbic acid), proteins, macro- and micro elements (calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium and potassium), tannins and also a total of fourteen alkaloids that they are responsible for its beneficial healing action. It is common knowledge that the use of coca leaves helps to balance the biological instability produced by fatigue and stress.
World Health Organization in some occasions presented reports on the use of coca leaves. For example, the book of medicine published by the WHO in 1985 says that “talking about coca it is necessary to emphasize that it is a medicinal plant of great benefit that has analgesic, soothing, astringent, antiflatulent properties, is a blood cleansing agent, digestive, diuretic and respiratory stimulator”.