PREPARATION MEDICINAL PLANTS
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
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…
COSTUS INSULIN PLANTS
INSULIN PLANTS VEGETABLE INSULINS Costus Pictus Chamaecostus cuspidatus CHAMAECOSTUS CUSPIDATUS = COSTUS IGNEUS = COSTUS CUSPIDATUSCOSTUS PICTUS = COSTUS MEXICANUSCOSTACEAE Costaceae are plants that are most often tropical and quite…
PLANKTON AND PHYCOTOXINS
TOXIC MARINE ALGAE, PLANKTON AND PHYCOTOXINS:A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM When we think of marine algae or marine phytoplankton, we think of kelp fields, gelling food supplements, Asian cuisine, cosmetic…
MANCHINEEL AND BLINDING TREE
THE MANCHINEEL TREE, HIPPOMANE MANCENILLA, AND THE BLINDING TREE, EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA These two tropical trees with toxic and corrosive latex are found near certain tropical beaches; guardians of the Garden…
QUASSIA AMARA
QUASSIA AMARA or bitterwood, quassia from Surinam, quassia from Guyana The South American quassia is part of the Simaroubaceae family. This plant family is mainly present in tropical regions with…
VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY, VARICOSE VEINS, HAEMORROIDS
INTRODUCTION On this page we talk about venous insufficiency in the lower limbs which causes the appearance of varicose veins of the leg or thigh and venous disorders in the…
YELLOW GENTIAN GENTIANA LUTEA
The yellow gentian is part of a genus, gentianaceae, which according to botanists includes at least 400 species all over the world.They are generally small plants with blue flowers while…
AIBIKA ABELMOSCUS MANIHOT
AIBIKA ABELMOSCUS MANIHOT OR HIBISCUS MANIHOT food and dietary plant with its edible leaves and medicinal plant easy to cultivate Pacific cabbage or aibika, bele or pele in the South…
JAMBULAN SYZYGIUM CUMINII
JAMBUL JAMBULAN, SYZYGIUM CUMINII SYZYGIUM CUMINII, Malabar plum, Java plum, jambolan is native to India, it has had several botanical names: Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini, Eugenia jambolana.It has been introduced…