Documented Properties & Actions:
Analgesic, antioxidant, aperient, astringent, cardiac stimulant, choleretic, CNS stimulant, depurative, diuretic, glycogenolytic, immunostimulant, lipolytic, positively chronotropic, positively inotropic, purgative, stimulant, stomachic, sudorific, thermogenic, tonic.Yerba maté also has a long history of use worldwide. In Europe it is used for weight loss, physical and mental fatigue, nervous depression, rheumatic pains, and psychogenic- and fatigue-related headaches.
In Germany it has become popular as a weight-loss aid. Yerba maté is the subject of a German monograph which lists its approved uses for mental and physical fatigue, and describes it as having “analeptic, diuretic, positively inotropic, positively chronotropic, glycogenolytic and lipolytic effects.”
In France yerba maté is approved for the treatment of asthenia (weakness or lack of energy), as an aid in weight-loss programs, and to increase the renal excretion of water. It also appears in the British Herbal Phamacopoeia (1996) and indicated for the treatment of fatigue, weight loss, and headaches.
In the U.S., Dr. James Balch, M.D. recommends yerba maté for arthritis, headache, hemorrhoids, fluid retention, obesity, fatigue, stress, constipation, allergies, and hay fever, and states that it “cleanses the blood, tones the nervous system, retards aging, stimulates the mind, controls the appetite, stimulates the production of cortisone, and is believed to enhance the healing powers of other herbs.”
Yerba maté now is cultivated in India, and the Indian Ayurvedic Phamacopoeia lists maté for the treatment of psychogenic headaches, nervous depression, fatigue, and rheumatic pains. But the best Yerba Mate comes from Argentine....
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