Banaba Leaf 1% Powder 1 lb bottle: HE

This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose '00' capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Banaba - Standardized Extract -- Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Giant Crape Myrtle, Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Banaba is said to possess insulin-like properties and has long been used in folk medicine to control blood sugar levels. Moreover, Banaba may also be a healthy way to support a leaner and more slender body through appetite control and sugar reduction. History: Banaba is a deciduous evergreen that is native to East Asia, India and Australia and has become established in the warmest parts of the United States and other areas throughout the world. Called the Crape Myrtle (or Crepe Myrtle) in the United States, it is a highly decorative tree and is becoming widely prevalent in home and municipal landscape designs with its sinewy, fluted and patchy-looking stems, shrubby leaves and beautiful flowers of six or seven, crinkly-edged petals on stalks of white, pinkish red, purple or lavender. The flowers are followed by a capsule-like fruit that produces seeds, which provide food for many butterfly larvae, and the leaves are used as a food and, more importantly, in herbal medicines. The botanical genus, Lagerstroemia, is named after Swedish merchant, Magnus von Lagerström, who supplied Carolus (Carl) Linnaeus with the plants he collected for his work in identifying different species. We have Linnaeus to thank for the binomial system we use today, giving each plant two Latin words to identify both genus and species. Banaba is the Tagalog name for Lagerstroemia speciosa in the Philippine language, and it has been used for many years in that country (and elsewhere) as a folk remedy for controlling blood sugar. Several of the active constituents included in Banaba Leaf are corosolic acid and tannins, including lagerstroemin. Beneficial Uses: Banaba has been used in herbal medicine mainly for blood sugar control. One of its active constituents, corosolic acid, is suggested to possess insulin-like activity, stimulating glucose uptake. Recent research claims that this component was observed to be an activator of glucose transport into cells, which ultimately results in a lowering of blood glucose levels. Transporting glucose into cells is