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…
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),…
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…
The TEA TREE, MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA, MYRTACEAE is endemic to areas of eastern Australia (north of New South Wales to Queensland).It has been introduced in countries with a similar climate (USA,…
NICOTIANA TABACUM and NICOTIANA RUSTICA, SOLANACEAE, originate from the "new world", ie tropical and subtropical zones of North and South America. The use of tobacco leaves by the Amerindians was…
The BLACK ELDERBERRY, SAMBUCUS NIGRA, CAPRIFOLIACEAE is a shrub very widespread in Europe (it tolerates the cold like the heat, the humidity like the drought), it can reach 4 to…
ROSEMARY, SALVIA ROSMARINUS = ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS, LABIATEAE=LAMIACEAE is a Mediterranean plant.It is a shrub, quite bushy, with small and narrow leaves with their upper surface convex a little shiny, the…
The MEADOWSWEET, QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE, FILIPENDULA ULMARIA = SPIRAEA ULMARIA, ROSACEAE is naturally present in the temperate regions of Europe and as far as Central Asia to Mongolia. It…