Tapir Verde

Tapir Verde is the cup we reach for when the stomach sits like a stone. The tapir is a quiet forest eater. The formula is a house mix.

• Hierba Luisa (Aloysia citrodora / A. citriodora)
  Lemon verbena, not lemongrass. Afrasiabian et al. 2019 (PMID 30450627): 100 insomnia patients, verbena syrup vs placebo, 4 weeks; PSQI and ISI improved. Sleep and a nervous gut often travel together. That trial is sleep, not ulcers.

• Manayupa (Desmodium molliculum)
  Astringent, irritated mucosa.

• Pasuchaca (Geranium dielsianum and trade allies)
  Bussmann et al. 2013 (PMC3738155, PMID 23718140): G. sessiliflorum and G. crassipes sold as pasuchaca; literature G. dielsianum missing from that stall. Folk sugar and gut tone.

Ulcers, black stool, vomiting blood: physician. Pasuchaca may add to diabetes drugs.