Pink Ipe/Pink Lapacho

The inner bark of "Tabebuia impetiginosa" is used in traditional medicine. It is dried, shredded, and then boiled, making a bitter brownish-colored tea known as "Lapacho" or "Taheebo". The unpleasant taste of the extract is lessened when taken in pill form, or as tinctures. Lapacho bark is typically used during flu and cold season and for easing smoker's cough. It works by promoting the lungs to expectorate and free deeply embedded mucus and contaminates during the first three to ten days of treatment.