GUARANA. The Energy Seeds and Herbs of the Amazon Rainf

Guarana has been called the elixir of youth, the lifeforce of the Amazonian Indian and the Brazilian answer to a lacklustre love-life. Behind the media talk Guarana is a serious product with many diverse benefits - particularly in our time, when fatigue and stress so often combine to diminish our immune defences, over-load the adrenal system and cause difficulties in our emotional lives. Michael van Straten is Britain's best-known practitioner of complementary medicine. Through his regular radio and television broadcasts, plus his articles in national magazines and newspapers, he has introduced the public to the benefits of natural remedies. In this book he calls on his experience with Guarana and the lesser known herbs of the steaming rainforests of the Amazon basin, such as Lapacho, Pfaffia, Catuaba and Stevia.