Erythroxylum vaccinifolium uses and benefits

Catuaba is used to heighten sexual arousal and treat male sexual performance problems. It is also used for agitation, trouble sleeping related to high blood pressure, nervousness, ongoing mental and physical fatigue (neurasthenia), poor memory or forgetfulness, skin cancer; and as a tonic.

Catuaba has also been used in Brazilian Folk Medicine to enhance health by toning the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, to improve memory and energy and to reduce anxiety and fatigue.

Erythroxylum vaccinifolium, also known as catuaba, is a flowering plant species used in Brazilian herbal medicine as an aphrodisiac, containing tropane alkaloids called catuabines.

Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is a species of flowering plant in the genus Erythroxylum.
Common name:
It is also known as catuaba.
Traditional use:
It is used to prepare catuaba, an infusion used as an aphrodisiac in Brazilian herbal medicine.
Active compounds:
Catuaba contains a class of tropane alkaloids called catuabines, specifically catuabine A, B, and C.

Catuaba is an herbal supplement believed to have beneficial anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, neuroprotective, and antioxidant properties.
In folk medicine, catuaba is commonly used to treat fatigue, stress, and memory loss.