Herbal remedy kola nut fights signs of fatigue & weakness and helps protect human tissue from damage.

Kola nut

English Name: Kola nut

Latin Name: Kola vera

Type: Herbal

Products with Kola nut: Ikawe for Men™

What is Kola nut?

The kola nut is a caffeinated nut from the kola tree, an evergreen tree that can grow up to eighty-two feet high and is sometimes called Cola nitida.¹¹⁰ The long, oval leaves are bright green and have a slight sheen. The flowers are white with light-brown edges and dark markings at the center.

The Cola nitida tree is native to West Africa and provides nuts that are used to flavor soft drinks.^111,112 Authors have detailed the rich history of the kola nut, noting that this chewable stimulant was popular as far back as the sixteenth century.^113,114

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Medicinal Uses of Kola nut

The European Medicines Agency indicates that Cola nitida can be used for fatigue and weakness.¹¹⁵

In one study, scientists learned that an extract from Cola nitida nuts could protect the protein, alpha1PI, from inactivation.¹¹⁶ According to the European Respiratory Society, this protein protects human tissue from damage.¹¹⁷ Scientists have linked a deficiency of this protein to lung disease and liver disease.¹¹⁸

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