ASTHMA AND ITS TREATMENTWITH SYNTHETIC DRUGS,MEDICINAL PLANTS AND ESSENTIAL OILS INTRODUCTION Asthma is an “inflammatory” disorder of the airways (1) characterized by inflammation of the bronchi with increased mucus production…
THYMES, LABIATEAE=LAMIACEAE, are small bushy plants, erect (common thyme) or more spreading and creeping (wild thyme), typical of the Mediterranean region where they grow naturally. Common Thyme, THYMUS VULGARIS, is…
LIQUORICE, LICORICE or cultivated licorice GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA, FABACEAE, is a perennial plant by its root which reaches 1m to 1m50, the flowers are grouped in erect clusters, of a more…
The large plant family of brassicales or BRASSICACEAE(formerly cruciferous) includes the genus raphanus (mainly the various radishes and wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) and other genera also interesting because they include…
There are several hundred species of PLANTAIN, PLANTAGINACEAE, around the world. Plantains from temperate regions are common perennials but adaptable to tropical or subtropical climates, they are therefore found all…
The hybrid BUTTERBUR or bog rhubarb, PETASITES HYBRIDUS = PETASITES OFFICINALIS, ASTERACEAE is a plant native to Eurasia but present in North America.Butterbur grows in damp and shady places: banks…
This elegant-looking tree , GINKGO BILOBA, GINKGOACEAE,is considered a "living fossil". Geology tells us that very similar plants lived in the primary (Permian) era, peaked in the Secondary (Jurassic) era,…
The CLUSIACEAE, formerly guttifers, are trees or shrubs of tropico-equatorial regions .The genus Garcinia is well represented in Southeast Asia and India, but Garcinia is also found in Africa and…
Fumaria genus include about fifty species sometimes difficult to distinguish from each other. These are plants originating from Eurasia but which have been introduced in other countries with a temperate…
EUPHORBIA HIRTA = EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA = CHAMAESYCE HIRTA ou PILULIFERA EUPHORBIACEAE Plants of the genus euphorbia are a large plant family which includes numerous herbaceous plants, some with the appearance…