Healers from the Inca Era already used Hercampuri. Its name comes from the quechua word “Hjircan pureck” which means “the one who walks from town to town” referred to the medicians who used this herb and traveled all towns using medicinal plants. Hercampuri is a great fat-metabolism regulator; hence it is used to reduce exogenous-type obesity. Due to the high amount of bitter substances of the plant, Hercampuri is an excellent hepatic-depurative, excercising its colagogue activity. This way it reduces LDL cholesterol levels, known as bad cholesterol, transforming them into biliary acids. The plant’s colagogue action facilitates bile secretion and as choleretic helps its excretion. Hercampuri is used as a general detox-agent. Several studies performed at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos confirm these properties. Studies on acute toxicity determined the plant is innocuous, that is without negative secondary effects.

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