Peru Maca - 300 capsulesMaca root has been used by native Indians in Peru as a vital ingredient to health for thousands of years. Macas use goes back to around 3800 B. C., when Peruvian Indians cultivated and ate it for both its nutritional and medicinal value. It was not until 1843 that this plant was studied by scientists and given the botanical name of Lepidium meyenii. Maca root grows in the mountains of Peru at high altitudes of 7,000 to 11,000 feet, making it the