AYAPANA TRIPLINERVIS=EUPATORIUM AYAPANA=EUPATORIUM TRIPLINERVIS=AYAPANA TRIPLINERVE ASTERACEAE The botanical genus Ayapana includes severals herbaceous plants native to South America.Some of them are traditionally used in South America and the West Indies.Ayapana…
ARBUTUS UNEDOERICACEAE The strawberry tree is a small tree or shrub native to the western Mediterranean region (North Africa, Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy) but which acclimatizes easily and can become…
CORDIA MIXA (LASURA, LASORA, INDIAN CHERRY, ASSYRIAN PLUM, LA COLLE SAVON, SEBASTIER) CORDIA DICHOTOMA = CORDIA OBLIQUA (CLAMMY CHERRY, INDIAN CHERRY, ABRE A COLLE)CORDIA COLLOCOCA (RED MANJACK, CANDELERO, MAPOU RIVYE)CORDIA…
EGYPTIAN BALSAMABORAGHSOAP MAKERSUMP BALANITES AEGYPTIACA ZYGOPHYLLACEAE The desert date tree has many local names, some examples: ABORAGH in the Tuareg language, SAVONNIER in CHAD, several names in Arabic (LALOB, HIDJIHI),…
FLU AND ITS TREATMENT BY MEDICINAL PLANTS AND ESSENTIAL OILS INTRODUCTION AND GENERALITIES Influenza or rather influenza virus infections are highly contagious, responsible each year for epidemics or even a…
ESSENTIAL OILS AND SEASONAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN: COLD, RHINOPHARYNGITIS, BRONCHITIS, BRONCHIOLITIS. Respiratory Infections are very common in winter, especially in children. According to the INSERM Observatory (French medical research),…
INTRODUCTION AND GENERALITIES Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or prostate adenoma generally develops in men around the age of 60. It is a very common condition: it is estimated that nearly…
INTRODUCTION AND GENERALITIES Immunity is in its classical definition: the set of mechanisms developed by an organism to maintain good health and ensure its integrity by eliminating foreign substances and…
INTRODUCTION AND GENERALITIES Western societies, and countries whose standard of living is increasing, and which are adopting a "modern" high-calorie diet, rich in fats, meat and simple sugar, low in…
INTRODUCTION Sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, "nervousness", certain psychosomatic disorders, are possible indications for phytotherapy and aromatherapy.The medicinal plants authorized by the legislator do not have the pharmacological power of synthetic…