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for!daily!use!from!the!internal!parts!of!the!plant,!but!split!equally!between!three!
meals!to!be!eaten!entirely47.!!The!H.&currori!flower!has!the!ability!to!treat!high!blood!
pressure,!stomach!pains,!indigestion,!colds,!and!an!overactive!appetite7,!43.!
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Unlike!the!other!plants!profiled!in!this!study,!Hoodia!is!commercially!developed!for!
its!medicinal!properties46.!!Hoodia&is!available!in!the!United!States!as!a!colloidal!as!
well!as!a!capsule46.!!Recommended!use!for!the!colloidal!form!is!orally.!!The!extract!
comes!with!a!dropper!and!instructions!to!take!five!drops!at!a!time!on!an!empty!
stomach!or!with!food46.!!Users!should!use!two!to!three!times!a!day,!before,!during,!
or!instead!of!a!meal46.!!A!previous!consumer!of!three!months!had!this!to!say!about!
the!experience!when!asked!how!effective!Hoodia!had!been,!“In!that!time!that!I!was!
able!to!regulate!my!eating!pattern!better”46.!!The!user!lost!twenty!pounds!during!her!
use!of!Hoodia46.!!Additionally,!her!usual!stomach!pain!stopped!and!she!did!not!
experience!any!colds46.!!She!stopped!using!it!because!she!felt!she!had!achieved!what!
she!wanted,!which!was!to!stop!overeating,!and!the!relative!expensiveness!of!the!
drug!also!played!a!contributing!role!in!her!ultimate!discontinued!use!of!the!plant46.!!
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