Pau d'Arco (Tabebuia avellanedae) known also as Ipe Roxo, Lapacho, or Taheebo is a tree native to South America, where it has been traditionally used for a very long time to treat a wide
range of
health problems, including candida overgrowth or candidiasis (including vaginal and
oral yeast infection), various types of cancer, infections, gastric ulcers, skin conditions, pain, arthritis, fever, inflammation of the prostate gland (prostatitis), dysentery, skin ulcers, leukaemia, respiratory infections (cold, flu, bronchitis, sinusitis, etc.), herpes simplex virus, bacterial infections including cystitis, etc..