Djea’s organic products contain carefully selected ingredients from Ivory Coast to guarantee deep hydration and nourishment of your hair, face and body. Pure oils and essential oils will enhance your natural beauty and well-being. One of the fine ingredients is Carapa Oil.
What is Carapa?
Carapa is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. These are trees up to 30 meters tall occurring in tropical South America, Central America,and Africa. Common names include andiroba and crabwood.
Andiroba contains many vitamins, minerals and fatty acids, such as:
- Vitamins A, C, E
- Linoleic Acid
- Oleic Acid
- And more.
People take a tea produced using andiroba bark and leaf to treat fevers, herpes, and worm diseases; and as a tonic. Andiroba natural product oil is taken for coughs.
Certain individuals apply andiroba bark and leaf straightforwardly to the skin for injuries, ulcers, and skin inconveniences. It is utilized on the skin for eliminating ticks and skin parasites.
The seed oil is utilized straightforwardly on the skin to treat enlarging (aggravation), joint pain, rashes, muscle and joint throbs and wounds, wounds, bubbles, and herpes ulcers.
In manufacturing, andiroba is utilized as a dissolvable for dissolving and eliminating colors from plants, as a light oil, and as a creepy crawly repellent.
Uses & Effectiveness
Insufficient Evidence for:
- Mosquito repellent. Early research suggests that applying 100% andiroba oil to the skin protects against mosquito bites. But it doesn’t work as well as applying 50% DEET.
- Fevers.
- Herpes.
- Intestinal worms.
- Coughs.
- Skin conditions.
- Sores.
- Ulcers.
- Removing tick.
- Skin parasites.
- Arthritis.
- Muscle and joint aches and injuries.
- Wounds.
- Other conditions.
More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of andiroba for these uses.
Resources:
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, April 3). Carapa. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carapa
Andiroba: Health Benefits, Side Effects, Uses, Dose & Precautions. (2021, June 11). RxList. https://www.rxlist.com/andiroba/supplements.htm
Andiroba Oil. (2021). Ah18c.https://www.ah18c.com/en-us/oils-and-butters/andiroba-oil-andiroba%20oil