Traditional Uses:* for snakebite; for viral infections (HIV, hepatitis, whooping cough, influenza, parvovirus, and others); for upper respiratory problems (cough, bronchitis, asthma, etc.); for spider, bee, scorpion, and other venomous insect bites; as a topical wound healer
 

Raintree's Jergon Sacha capsules are sold in bottles of 100 capsules with 500 milligrams per capsule of pure Jergon Sacha root, rich in active and beneficial phytochemicals which occur naturally in this plant. We use no binders or fillers so the capsules are 100% pure finely milled jergon sacha powder.

Wildharvesting this important rainforest plant is not achieved sustainably in the wild since the root must be harvested. This is why Raintree has not offered this plant in the past. Raintree's new supply of Jergon Sacha root comes from the high jungle of Peru where new organic cultivation programs with medicinal plants are replacing old coca plantations and providing new sources of income for poor farmers on their existing lands.

Ingredients: 100% pure jergon sacha root/rhizome (Dracontium loretense). No binders, fillers or additives are used. This product is non-irradiated and non-fumigated. It is organically grown product—grown naturally in the Peruvian Amazon without any pesticides or fertilizers.

Suggested Use: Take 4 capsules twice daily.

Contraindications: Not to be used during pregnancy or while breast-feeding.

Drug Interactions: None known.

Family: Araceae

Genus: Dracontium

Species: longipes, loretense, croatii, peruviuanum, asperum

Synonyms: Dracontium spruceanum, D. carderi, D.costaricense, D. ornatum, Cyrtosperma spruceanum, Echidnium spruceanum

Common Names: Jergón sacha, fer-de-lance, sacha jergon, hierba del jergon, erva-jararaca, jararaca, jararaca-taia, milho-de-cobra, taja-de-cobra

Part Used: Tuber/rhizome