Did you know that…..
the leaves of the coca tree were used by the Incas in their religious rites ?
The Incas used to chew coca leaves.
In the middle of the eighteenth century French botanist Joseph de Jussieu (1704-1779) introduced the “coca” in Europe.
Later, Sigmund Freud and Kohler investigated the characteristics of coca, and it was the latter who discovered the anesthetic properties of the plant.
(Edited by María Moya Guirao, M.D.)