Sutherlandia is Africa’s most widely used herbal medicine. It is considered a primary tonic herb that can be given for just about any ailment. Not only is Sutherlandia a proven anti-viral (its use in HIV treatment is widely hailed as a miracle), but It’s also considered to be a primary herbal medicine used in treating cancer (anti-viral, manages wasting, improves appetite) & its really high in the brain neurochemical GABA which helps improve anxiety, stress & depression. A traditional herbal medicine used for treatment of cancer, HIV, colds & as a general tonic.
Afrigetics Sutherlandia VCaps contains 300mg Sutherlandia frutescens milled herbal powder derived from the leaf & stem of selected strains of high-potency cultivated Sutherlandia frutescens plants. Sutherlandia has adaptogenic, anti-viral, immune modulating, antioxidant & tonic properties. Its most popular use is as a herbal medicine for the treatment of cancer & HIV, but also for colds & flu, for relief from depression, stress & anxiety & as a general adaptogenic tonic.
1 capsule twice daily after meals.
The South African Ministry of Health & member states currently recommend the use of this herbal remedy for HIV/AIDS treatment. The recommended therapeutic dose of Sutherlandia in humans is 9 mg/kg/day. Sutherlandia has been used in the treatment of cancer, tuberculosis, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, influenza, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, peptic ulcers, gastritis, reflux esophagitis, menopausal symptoms, anxiety, clinical depression & HIV infection. The South African Ministry of Health has concluded that this product is safe based on primate safety studies. One of the chemical constituents of Sutherlandia, L-canavanine, is an arginine analogue. L-canavanine has been reported to have anti-viral activity against influenza & retroviruses, including HIV. A US patent registered in 1988 claimed that 95% of HIV-infected lymphocytes were selectively destroyed in vitro.
(Source: sutherlandia.org): Sutherlandia frutescens is regarded as the most profound & multi-purpose of the medicinal plants in Southern Africa. Because of its efficacy as a safe tonic for diverse health conditions it has enjoyed a long history of use by all cultures in Southern Africa. Sutherlandia powerfully assists the body to mobilize its own resources to cope with diverse physical & mental stresses, & it should therefore be more correctly known as an adaptogenic tonic. The traditional Tswana name Phetola alludes to this: Phetola means it changes, meaning that the plant changes the course of many illness into a favorable outcome. (Similar to the European concept of an alterative). The North Sotho name Lerumo-lamadi means the spear for the blood meaning that Sutherlandia is a powerful blood-purifier or all-purpose tonic.
The indigenous, folk, & contemporary uses of Sutherlandia include use as a tonic for:
- enhancing well-being
- immune support
- longevity
- stress, depression & anxiety
- wasting from cancer, TB & AIDS
- quality-of-life tonic for cancers, HIV/AIDS & TB
- appetite stimulant in wasted patients, but not in healthy people.
- influenza
- Chronic Fatigues Syndrome, ME Syndrome & Yuppie Flu
- viral hepatitis
- asthma & bronchitis
- type 2 diabetes
- mild to moderate hypertension
- rheumatoid arthritis
- peptic ulcer, gastritis & reflux oesophagitis
- hot flashes & irritability in menopause
