Pau d'Arco tea has been prepared by the Indio tribes of South America for centuries. This herbal tea is perhaps the most widely used method of taking Pau d'Arco, and has in the recent years has become especially popular worldwide. This taheebo tea (another name for Pau d'Arco) may be found in health stores as well as Internet shops.

To prepare your Pau d'Arco tea, mix 3-6 tablespoons of the inner bark tea with one quart of cold distilled water into a teapot. Use a glass or stainless steel teapot, not one of aluminum, tin, or other type. If using tea bags, you may follow their ratios instead of measuring by tablespoons.

Allow the herbal tea to reach a boil, and then let it slow boil for 20 minutes or longer. This allows the beneficial compounds such as lapacho to be disseminated. Once 20 minutes of slow boiling have passed, the compounds have been released into the tea drink, and it is ready to be removed from the heat.

Pour the tea from the teapot through a tea strainer or linen cloth, to ensure that the remaining bark is not left in the tea to be served. Honey, raw sugar and various fruit juice may be added to sweeten and enhance the flavor of the tea, without spoiling its qualities.



When purchasing Pau d'arco bark tea, make sure that the ingredients state that you're actually receiving Pau d'Arco, listed as itself or as one of its synonyms. Also do research on the quality of products provided by that manufacturer or distributor, as you would when making any important purchase.

This website's Buying Pau d'Arco page contains a list of several Internet stores which you may want to consider when ready to order Pau d'Arco tea, tincture, or another form.

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