Purchase a one pound package of Raintree's sustainably harvested pure fedegoso leaf powder (Cassia occidentalis) - rich in active and beneficial phytochemicals that occur naturally in this plant. The Cassia plants are well known for a group of chemicals called anthraquinones. To see pictures of fedegoso, click here.

For more information about fedegoso (Cassia occidentalis), please refer to the Database File for Fedegoso in the Tropical Plant Database. This plant has been milled into a fine powder which is suitable to stuff into capsules or to prepare your own teas, tinctures or extracts. Raintree's fedegoso has been sustainably wild-harvested in the Amazon Rainforest (without any pesticides or fertilizers). For general information on Raintree's available bulk plants and sustainable harvesting practices, please refer to Main Page for Bulk Plants.

This bulk one pound package retails for $28.00.

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Ingredients: 100% pure fedegoso leaf (Cassia occidentalis). No binders, fillers or additives are used. It is a wild harvested product—grown naturally in the Brazilian Amazon without any pesticides or fertilizers.

Suggested Use: This plant is best prepared as an infusion (tea): Use one teaspoon of powder for each cup of water. Pour boiling water over herb in cup and allow to steep 10 minutes. Strain tea (or allow settled powder to remain in the bottom of cup) and drink warm. It is traditionally taken in 1 cup dosages, twice daily. For more complete instructions on preparing herbal infusions see the Methods for Preparing Herbal Remedies Page.

Contraindications: Fedegoso leaf extracts have demonstrated weak uterine stimulant activity and smooth-muscle relaxant actions in rats. As such, the use of this plant is contraindicated during pregnancy.

Drug Interactions: Fedegoso has demonstrated significant liver protective, tonic, and detoxifing effects in animal and human studies. As such, fedegoso may speed the clearance (or reduce the half-life) of some drugs that require metabolization in the liver.

Other Observations: Fedegoso has demonstrated hypotensive activity in animal studies. People with low blood pressure should use with caution and monitor their blood pressure levels for this possible effect.

Fedegoso can be found as an ingredient in these proprietary Raintree formulas:



Fedegoso Tech Report -- A Technical Plant Data Report is available for fedegoso.