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açaí:-
Common name:
açaí, açaí de para, açaí do - baixo Amazonas, açaizeiro, but I, palmito açaí, piriá

Names of plants:-
Stupid Euterpe Mart.
Parts used and where grown:-

Groups of round, dark purple to black, in the form of açaí berries are harvested to make juice, ice on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and herbal supplements. Ethnobotanists, also documented folk medicine uses for oil seeds, fruit rind, and roots. The inner core of the thin trunk of a tree known as a source of açaí palm hearts. açaí is primarily grown in the Pará region of the mouth of the Amazon River, in the northern region of Brazil. As they grow in French Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Trinidad.


Acai has been used in connection with the following conditions:-
Anemia
Diabetes Type 1
Diabetes type 2
[Dysmenorrhea]
Fever (roasted, crushed seeds)
Hepatitis (root)
Jaundice (root)
Leukemia
Malaria (root)
Scrofula (oil seeds)
Historical or traditional use (may or may not be supported by scientific studies):-

Açaí juice, a key component of Brazilian diets, especially in the area of Pará. Often eaten at breakfast with cassava) or with tapioca and sugar. açaí fruit is rich in food and non-existent in many Brazilian prepared foods. The result is the most commonly used to make juice, but is also found in ice cream and popsicles, and various sweets.

Can Açaí seeds are crushed for oil production, green used as a treatment for people scrofula (a type of tuberculosis). Seeds, roasted and crushed, as tea is consumed, and is the traditional treatment for fever. Tea made from the roots is a folk remedy for treatment of anemia and jaundice. Tea made from the grated fruit rind has been used topically as a wash for skin ulcers. Boiled preparations of açaí root have traditionally been used in the treatment of many diseases, including diabetes, hepatitis, malaria, kidney disease, and [Dysmenorrhea] (menstrual pain).

Any clinical trials of açaí for the prevention or treatment of any health condition have been published in medical literature.
Active ingredients:-

açaí is one of nature's richest sources of anthocyanins, a type of bioflavonoid. Pigment anthocyanins are purple and red, blue, black, found in some berries and fruits and plants and flowers. The fruit of açaí also contains protein, fiber, enzymes, vitamin E, amino acids, minerals (potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, manganese, zinc, boron), phytosterols, and beneficial fatty acids.
How much is usually taken?.

Frozen pulp: approximately 100 grams (3.5 ounces) per day is recommended, although there is no accepted standard. Brazilian habit of drinking up to one liter (34 ounces) of açaí juice per day.

Powder: 1 ounce of powder mixed with 10 to 12 ounces of water, once or twice a day.

Almajafd açaí in capsules or tablets is sometimes recommended at 1 and 2 grams per day.
Are there any side effects or interactions?.

Any side effects or interactions have been reported.