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Traditional South American Herb
Cipo Cabeludo
 Summarized Description:
Cipo Cabeludo is a very small, shrub-like vine, known for its small flowers.
Taylor designates this herbal as "Mikania hirsutissima"; Duke as "Mikania banisteriae,"
however, both names refer to the same plant species. Like most species of the Mikania
genus, with the exception of M. micrantha and M. scandens, it is endemic to South America.
Other common names for this herbal include Cipo Cabelundo, Erva Dutro, and Guaco.
Uses & Protocols
Taylor notes that Cipo is not widely used outside
of Brazil. (Here in Ecuador, its use has been diminished, due to extensive habitat loss.)
Its recorded ethnobotanical uses are listed below. (Traditional preparations include infusions
and tinctures.)
Warnings & Contraindications
We recommend NOT using this herbal if you are on
either diuretic or blood thinning medications, as Cipo may potentiate the effects.
Shelf-Life
Five years or more.
Medicinal Activities
Further information for practitioners:
World-famous botanist Dr. James Duke attributes the following activities
to this plant (p. 448-449; see hardcopy cover at right,
purchasable on Amazon),
drawn from the extant literature. (See his graduation for "level of
efficacy" on our amazon traditionals page;
followed by Duke's bibliographic abbreviations (in capital letters),
which we identify
on a separate page.)Duke provides a "food farmacy potential" score for this
plant of "FNFF=?."
Indications
Further information for practitioners:
Duke provides the following indications for this plant:
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Recent Studies on Cipo CabeludoSourced from PubMed Disclaimer: The following citations provide findings on the
properties of Cipo Cabeludo and offer insights into prospective areas of future research.
These findings should not be inferred to provide the basis of medicinal claims,
nor should they be relied upon by the public, as such. Readers who want full access to
the PubMed database are encouraged to
register with NCBI.As of Jan. 2017, there were
161 citations on PubMed for Cipo Cabeludo, either under M. banisteriae, M. hirsutissima, and closely
related members of the Mikania genus. Below are list a few of the more notable:
Extensive information about
Cipo Cabeludo is covered on the Raintree Forest website.
Even better, you can purchase Leslie Taylor's excellent reference book,
The Healing Power
of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals at Amazon.Although this plant is not covered as either
Mikania hirsutissima or Mikania banisteriae in Wikipedia, you
can find the Mikania genus discussed. |
