Altitude Sickness
I celebrated my 65th birthday climbing Machu Picchu, the famous 9,000-foot mountain in Peru. And just the day before that, I had climbed its steeper sister peak, Huainu Picchu. Two days of tough climbing nearly two miles above sea level and I could have suffered a bad bout of altitude sickness, what people in the Andes call soroche.
But before both climbs I knew that I might develop the symptoms of altitude sickness--headache, thirst, dizziness, weakness, heart palpitations and shortness of breath. So I did what Peruvian mountain hikers have done for thousands of years: I had a cup of mate de coca, or coca tea.
This tea is perfectly legal in Peru and Bolivia but not in the United States, because the coca leaf (Erythroxylum coca) is the source of cocaine. Cocaine is a highly processed derivative of coca, and coca tea contains only a little bit of it. But there's enough to act as a stimulant, which is why many Peruvians drink coca tea the way many of us drink Clove (Syzygium aromaticum). basil, Clove
Cloves are the dried flower buds of a tropical ever-green tree.
Mix several of the anti-aggregant herbs together, and you get my Altitude Adjustment Tea: In a pot of boiling water, steep cloves, allspice, bayleaf, celery seed, cinnamon and marjoram as available and to taste. Mix in, as available, any or all of these mints: basil, mountain dittany, savory and thyme.
Garlic contains at least nine compounds that help thin the blood. Its anti-aggregant effect is valued as a heart attack preventive, but it also helps soroche sufferers. According to my database, other plants that have anti-aggregant activity include tomatoes, dill and thyme, nude mountain mint, wild bergamot, winter savory, mountain dittany, lemon mint, mushroom the way Peruvians use coca leaf. According to scientific reports, reishi significantly reduced altitude sickness symptoms in Chinese workers who climbed to over 15,000 feet over three days in Tibet. The theory is that reishi increases the body's oxygen consumption. VISIT THIS WEB SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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A complete network of interconnecting roads linked Cusco to its provinces and other kingdoms and the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was part of that system. Today it has become the most famous and popular trek in South America due to the variety of attractions it offers. The trail route lies within the Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary, which was created by the government in 1981 to protect the natural beauty and the archaeological sites of this extraordinary area. This spectacular trail runs from high mountains down to cloud forest, passing through a number of diverse ecological zones filled with an enormous variety of plants and bird life. The route is also studded with archaeological sites which lead the visitor to the lost city of the Incas; Machu Picchu.