Corazón del Puma
Heart of Puma
A modern house blend. The plants are old; the puma name is ours.
Daytime stamina tonic
This is a work tonic. Two of the five plants are caffeine plants. The puma is Andean muscle. Corazón del Puma is ours.
Guayusa (Ilex guayusa)
Wise & Negrin 2020 (PMID 31366209): composition and history of use; caffeine plus theobromine; no worse on paper than mate or tea. Still a stimulant.Maca (Lepidium meyenii)
Andean hypocotyl, not Amazonian. Gonzales et al. 2002 (PMID 12472620): 12-week RCT, 1.5 or 3 g/day vs placebo; desire up at week 8; testosterone and estradiol unchanged.Guaraná (Paullinia cupana)
Seed caffeine (sometimes called guaranine). Same class of effect as coffee, slower chew-out in folk talk.Achiote (Bixa orellana)
Annatto, food dye, quieter “blood” tonic. Not a heart drug.Suma (Pfaffia paniculata / Hebanthe eriantha)
da Silva et al. 2015 again (cells, PMID 26075002).
Late-day dose wrecks sleep. Skip if you have uncontrolled blood pressure, panic, or pregnancy.