What is Yucca Juice?

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What is Yucca Juice?

Answer 1

The primary medical use of yucca is to treat arthritis and joint PAIN and inflammation. Native Americans used sap from the leaves in poultices or baths to treat skin lesions, inflammation, and bleeding. The plant's medical properties are found in saponins, precursors of cortisone, which prevent the release of toxins from the intestines that restrict normal cartilage formation. Yucca works best for arthritis when taken over an extended period of time.

Yucca extract is used to treat a variety of other conditions, including migraine headaches, colitis, ulcers, wounds, gout, bursitis, hypertension (high blood pressure), and high LDL cholesterol (also called bad cholesterol). Liver, kidney, and gallbladder disorders are also treated with yucca extract.

Overdose of saponins can be toxic.

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Answer 2

Yucca Juice comes from a desert plant found primarily in the southwestern United States. Both the stalk and the root can be used for medicinal purposes. Yucca contains saponins seem to be responsible for the pharmological activity. Yucca has demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antiviral activity. Yucca may be irritating to both mucous membranes and the gastrointestinal tract. In the past Native Americans have used Yucca for sprains, sores, bleeding, and all sorts of inflammation. Yucca continues to be used for osteoarthritis, hypertension, migraines, headaches, stomach disorders, poor circulation, and liver and gallbladder disorders.

Answer 3

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