Sharing the powerful benefits of the Peruvian Coca leaves. 🧐 People chew coca leaves to relieve hunger and fatigue and to enhance physical performance. Coca extracts are used for stimulating stomach function, causing sedation, and treating asthma, colds, and other ailments. Coca tea is used for altitude sickness in the Peruvian Andes and elsewhere Coca leaves were sacred to the Incas, and since then have been used as a natural remedy for many ailments, including headache, sore throat and stomach upsets. Today, the coca leaf is a vital part of the Peruvian national identity. #naturelovers #naturalremedies #peruviantraditions #meaningful #cuscoperu (at Aguas Calientes, Machupicchu, Perú) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVedTMSNZOb/?utm_medium=tumblr
