Cocoa Powder 1/4 lb bottle: HE

This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose '00' capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Cocoa - Botanical Powder -- Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Cacao, Chocolate Tree If you thought Cocoa was just delicious chocolate, think again! It has been used for thousands of years as a healing agent. More importantly, modern science claims that it is good for your heart and arteries, good for your skin, has nearly twice the antioxidants of red wine and up to three times those found in green tea. Taken as a dietary supplement in capsule form, you can add all its health benefits without the added fat and calories. History: The Cocoa (or Cacao) tree is a native of Central America's tropical rainforests and South America's Amazon basin, and it has been cultivated for two thousand years. The 'chocolate tree' is a widely-branched evergreen that bears leathery, lance-shaped leaves and pink or creamy flowers that grow directly on the trunk or main branches and develop into woody, football-shaped fruits. Embedded within the pulp of each fruit are about fifty bitter seeds - the Cocoa beans. The tree is cultivated as a crop throughout the world in warm climates, thriving in fertile, moist, well-drained soil in shade and may reach forty feet in height. Cocoa prefers high humidity and shelter from the wind in a minimum of sixty-one degrees Fahrenheit. Long before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, Mesoamerican Indians created a drink from crushed Cocoa beans mixed with a variety of spices, and it was reserved as a special drink for ceremonial rites and Mayan rulers. The Aztecs created a 'divine' drink called chocolatl, and the Emperor, Montezuma, is said to have sent Cocoa, along with gold and silver, as gifts for the explorer, Hernan Cortes, when he arrived in Mexico. Cocoa beans were not only a valuable commodity, but they were also used as currency among the Mayans, Incas and Aztecs. The Aztecs employed Cocoa in herbal medicines as a drink mixture to travel great distances without fatigue, to stimulate the bowels in cases of constipation, to calm an upset stomach and to help ease mild headaches due to slight fevers. The Mayans made a cocoa paste that was employed to treat wounds, skin eruptions and burns and to assist healing without s