Plant profile · Americas
Cat’s Claw
A hooked Amazonian vine. Bark and root appear in Andean and Amazonian traditions for joints and recovery. The hook is how you know it.
This prototype offers educational plant guidance only and does not replace medical care. Check with a qualified professional before using herbs or supplements, especially if you take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a chronic condition, or are choosing something for a child or pet.
Benefits and traditional uses
- Traditional vine of rainforest herbalism
- Bark-centered, not a salad green
- Identification by the clawed stem
Indigenous Amazonian practice used Uncaria as a vine of the forest pharmacy. Contemporary capsules are louder than the plant on the tree.
Precautions
- May not suit autoimmune conditions, pregnancy, or people on immune medicines.
- Ask a clinician before internal use.
Prepare
Inner bark as decoction or practitioner extract. This is not a casual tea from a garden cutting.
Dosage
Dosage is not provided in this prototype. A later sourced record can sit here. Do not treat any number on this site as a prescription.
Grow
Tropical vine. Not a temperate backyard crop. Learn the story; buy cultivated material.
Tropical vine · Bark harvest · Buy cultivated
Cultural context
Character-led stories and cultural notes will live here once Maria’s research pass is in. Region on this card: Amazon.
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