Economic Benefits to keep the Amazon alive




















Imagine that medicine you take on a daily basis disapears with the rainforest. Authorities are doing everything they can to stop the deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest. It took a turn for the worst in the ending months of 2007, and was a poor way to begin the New Year. Farmers would like to use this land to produce soy, raise cattle, and the beef export industry is in a recent bloom. Authorities are taking immediate precaution by monitoring the area. Many people are unaware of the many benefits of the rainforest, and should become aware. This could lead to less deforestation and more benefits for Brazil as well as other countries. The rainforest at this point is more valuable alive then not. The Amazon has benefits through plants, drugs coming from these plants, and a variety of herbs.


Exotic Plant Life

If you think you now your plants, I’m sure you don’t know the thousands upon thousands that live in the Amazon. It is true that a very small percentage of these have been tested for medical usages, and still the benefits overrule. Twenty-five percent of all medicines are linked back to the Amazon, and who’s to say there aren’t many more. High concentrations of energy and nutrients exist in the rainforest more then anywhere else. Some examples of these plants are una de gato, boldo, and suma. These are beneficial to common symptoms of ours such as inflammation, digestive disorders, and chronic fatigue. Many benefits lay with in these plants just waiting to be discovered.



















Bixa orellana

Useful Herbs

Herbs are heavily abundan in the Amazon as well. These herbs are rich with vitamins and minerals that are very good to our bodies. They can be used to fight common problems to the human body we deal with everyday. Some of these are issues with the menstrual cycle, benefits of the nervous system, increases in mental clarity and energy, benefits to the digestive system, muscle soothing, blood flow stimulation, immune system benefits, fatigue, and many more.

Common Drugs

The herbal qualities of these plants are high and have been being used for hundreds of years now. The quality is so high and so strong that if taken the wrong way, they can be deadly. These drugs are used in common situations we are aware of on a daily basis. They are often used in child birth, and birth control, Malaria, irregular heartbeats, many pain killers, skin irritations, relieve constipation, etcetera. Some of these drugs derived from plants may even be ones you have heard of such as the opium poppy, the foxglove, or the coca. These drugs are extremely useful, but if used in too high a dosage can be harmful to the body. All of these benefits to the world and we could lose them if sometihng isn’t done about it. The Amazon is known as the world’s greatest natural resource as well as a diverse natural phenomenon of our planet. The land has so much economic value, it is more beneficial to save the rainforest then allow this deforestation to move forward.



















The Opium Poppy

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