Garcinia

Species Name: garcinia morella.

Also known as: Brindal Berry, Gorikapuli, HCA, Hydroxycitric acid, Malabar Tamarind.

Home Remedies using Garcinia:

Benefits of Garcinia:

This herb is used lately for the use of weight loss. This herb is believed to impede with an enzyme that are needed to store. This is to cause more fats from food to be eliminated from the body.

Also this herb can help your body use fat stores during long periods of exercise. There is now hard studies on the use of the herb and the actually loss of a large amount of weight.

With all the testing there was not a large amount of weight loss without the extra exercise. Though with the studies that have been done, the ones with that did take this herb did see a decrease in food intake.

Still there are more studied needed to prove or disprove that this herb is indeed helpful in weight control.

Uses of Garcinia:

This herb can be used when you need to find something else to help you control your weight. If you are taking this herb you might see a decrease in your food intake.

Make sure that you do exercise still if you are taking this herb. That will help with your weight loss and control. Though from the studies that have been done for this herb it had a good percentage of people that do feel like they are eating less while taking this herb.

This herb is actually a small sour fruit from an evergreen tree that grows in India and southeastern Asia. The fruits can be eaten but when used in medicine the rinds are dried and either are either powered or extracted.

This herb can be found in a single capsule or tablet. It is mostly found in combination of herbal products that help with weight loss.

Side Effects, Warnings, and Other Interactions of Garcinia:

At the moment there isn't that much know on the side effects for this drug. But you are pregnant or breast-feeding you should stop taking, or not take this herb.

Also this will not be something for a small child to take. So far there has not bee any interactions between this herb and other herbs, foods or drugs. But you should make sure that you talk with your doctor before you take any kind of herbs.