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Frotacion de Coca

Frotacion de COCA, a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Frotacion de COCA  Erythroxylum  – The Peruvian ‘Tiger Balm’ reinforced with Wira Sacha aka Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis). The frotacion is also good to relieve insect bites, and It’s a very pretty little tin…

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Coca Leaf Products in Peru.

coca leaf products in Peru., a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Coca (Erythroxylon coca). Products made from coca leaf in Peru. The Incas regarded coca as ‘the divine plant’ mainly because of its property of imparting endurance, nevertheless its use was entwined with…

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