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),…
PREPARATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS and ESSENTIAL OILS INTRODUCTION In this page we recall the basic principles of collecting and preserving medicinal plants, as well as how to prepare traditional herbal…
ARNICA MONTANA, WOLF'S BANE, MOUNTAIN ARNICA Arnica montana is the most widely used arnica in herbal medicine. It is a mainly European plant from the ASTERACEAE family.It is currently found…
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, MUCOSAL COLITIS, SPASTIC COLITIS, COLON FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS: Symptoms, treatment and use of medicinal plants and essential oils INTRODUCTION When a disease has many different names it means…
RUE RUTA GRAVEOLENS, MEDICINAL PLANT, MAGIC PLANT, TOXIC PLANT There are several hundred species of RUTA, RUTACEAE, in temperate and subtropical regions.RUTA GRAVEOLENS, rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, and RUTA…
Unlike species of the Annona genus (see soursop and cinnamon apple) which are native to South America, ylang-ylang or cananga tree, CANANGA ODORATA, ANNONACEAE, is a tree from the forests…
Several species of valerian, European, Asiatic, American are used for their hypnotic, calming, sedative, anxiolytic or anti-spasmodic properties.VALERIANA OFFICINALIS, VALERIANACEAE, valerian, is native to Eurasia but is now present on…
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…
There are several hundred species of sage throughout the world; in Europe it is the COMMON SAGE, SALVIA OFFICINALIS, LABIATEAE = LAMIACEAE, which is the most used as a medicinal…
The AFRICAN PEAR or BUSH BUTTER TREE, DACRYODES EDULIS, BURSERACEAE, is a tree with edible oleaginous fruits which grows naturally in Central Africa in the humid tropico-equatorial zone from sea…