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…
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…
WITHANIA SOMNIFERA, SOLANACEAE, ASHWAGANDHA, INDIAN GINSENG, is a very important plant in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, and has been used for several thousand years.It is also one of the plants used…
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…
The LINDEN TREE or LIME TREE (TILIACEAE) are present in all the temperate regions of the world. Tilia cordata flowers These are often planted on village squares and near homes…
OPIUM POPPY, PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM is the most important species in medicine among PAPAVERACEAE. It is a plant cousin of the poppy with a similar appearance but much larger. The wild…
The PASSIFLORACEAE include a few hundred species, the majority of them (around 400) of the genus Passiflora. They are found in the wild mainly in the New World, very few…
RUTACEAE include about 130 genera and more than 1500 species of trees or shrubs mainly from warm regions. The leaves of rutaceae are often punctuated with small vesicular inclusions containing…
HYPERICUM, CLUSIACEAE ou HYPERICACEAE is a botanical genus that includes several hundred herbaceous or shrub species (more than 400) widespread in all temperate regions, Asia, Europe and the Americas. hypericum,…
The botanical determination of mints (LABIATEAE=LAMIACEAE) is not simple because they hybridize easily, so we found sometimes mints that are difficult to classify, they are forms of transition between so-called…