Phytotherapy has very ancient origins. It is among the oldest medical and pharmaceutical disciplines. The first indications of the use of plants as medicaments are in fact found among the Egyptians, Jews and Phoenicians around 3000-2000 BC and among the Asian peoples (particularly the ashes) 8000-4000 years before the coming of Christ. Later the knowledge of medicinal plants spread to the Greeks and then to the ancient Western world.
MEDICAL PLANTS
Astragalus membranaceus
Origin This plant is a perennial legume widespread in the temperate areas of the northern hemisphere and its flowers have a shape similar to that of our heels from which…
Bacopa monnieri
Origin Bacopa monnieri is a plant that has been used for thousands of years in the Indian Ayurvedic tradition. Ayurvedic medicine (from Ayur – which means life – and veda…
Hawthorn
Origin Crateagus Oxyacantha or “Hawthorn” comes from the Greek and means “sharp flower”.It is a perennial plant belonging to the Rosaceae family and characterized by small white flowers, very fragrant.…
Eleutherococcus senticosus
Origin Eleutherococcus, also known as Siberian ginseng, is obtained from the dried hypogeal parts (roots and rhizomes) of Eleutherococcus sentiosus Rupr. et Maxim (Fam. Araliacee). It is a thorny shrub…
Melissa Officinalis
Origin It belongs to the Labiatae family and is a spontaneous herbaceous plant that grows in the Mediterranean area. Its name comes from the Greek and means “that smells like…
Panax Ginseng
Origin Ginseng is a herbaceous, 40-60 cm tall, perennial plant that grows in the forests of northern Manchuria, Korea, China, eastern Siberia and North America. You use its roots. Bioactive…
Passion flower incarnate
Origin Passionflower comes from the inflorescences and infructescence of Passiflora incarnata L., a branching, perennial climbing plant. It includes about 465 species and is native to Central and South America…
Maritime Pine
Origin French Maritime Pine is made from the bark of Pinus pinaster Aiton, subsp. atlantica des Villar, Fam. Pinaceae, a species of pine that grows along the Bay of Biscay…
Rhodiola Rosea
Origin Rhodiola also known as rosenroot, arctic root or golden root among other names, is the root of Rhodiola rosea L., a 40-50 cm tall, unbranched plant with succulent leaves…
Schizandra chinensis
Origin It is a climbing plant native to northern China, but is also found in Russia and Korea. It uses the fruit which is harvested in autumn, then steamed before…
Linden
Origin It is made from the dried flowers of Tilia cordata Mill. and/or Tilia platyphyllos Scop. The latter, also known as summer linden, very common in Europe and Italy, are…
Valerian Officinalis
Origin Its name comes from Latin and means “healthy“. This plant belongs to the Valerianaceae family and grows in Europe, North America and South America. The parts used are the…
Withania somnifera L.
Origin Withania somnifera is found in India and used in Ayurvedic medicine (from Ayur – meaning life – and veda – meaning knowledge) as a tonic, in fact it is…