Scutellaria Lateriflora
Native to North America, skullcap is fond of wetlands and requires plenty of sunlight, and is grown either from seedlings or by division of the root in spring. years are harvested in summer, in full bloom.
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Griffonia Simplicifolia
The populations of West Africa, particularly in Ghana and Ivory Coast, are well acquainted with this plant, which is rich in healing properties, and their traditional doctors have always been able to use it to treat a kyrielle pathologies, but also as a fortifier.It was not until the 1980s that scientists were interested in griffonia.
Ephedra Sinica
Originally from North China and Mongolia, ephedra often grows in desert areas. It is grown from seedlings in autumn or by root division in autumn or spring, and requires well-drained soil are harvested all year round then dried.
Elettaria Cardamomum
Cardamom is native to Southern India and Ceyian, where it grows in forests between 800 and 1500 m altitude. It is cultivated throughout South-East Asia and Central America sown in autumn or by division of the root in spring and summer, it appreciates soils shading, rich and wet, but dramas.
Cassia Occidentalis
This plant is very popular with birth attendants all over the Sahel. The leaves are particularly recommended for the delivery of pregnant women because they are oxytocic. On the other hand and perhaps by analogy, the leaves and roots are used in sterility and impotence. The leaves are also used as depuratives. The seeds can be grilled as a substitute for coffee.
Cajanus Cajan
The plant is used in traditional medicine as antidiarrheal.This plant native to India is grown in all tropics for food (seeds).
Holarrhena Floribunda
There are three main traditional indications for antidysenteric, diuretic febrifuge. Trunk bark and roots are used in the form of decoction or maceration in intestinal this plant: and parasites, blenorrhoea, ascites and sterility. ‘Holarrhena floribunda is prescribed as an antidysenteric and antiamibian in the African pharmacopoeia published by the OAU’.
Vetiveria Nigritana
The rhizomes of this plant contain an essential oil with a pleasant scent and is very used to disinfect the drinking water. t is necessary to distinguish this vetiver from the other species Vetiveria zizanoides which grows in Asia and whose essence is at the base of many fragrances.
Ginkgo Biloba
Native to Asia , ginkgo is cultivated in China , France and the United States (South Carolina). It produces yellow – green , fan – shaped leaves with radiating veins, as well as pseudo – fruits round, about 3 cm in diameter. Leaves and pseudo – fruits are harvested in autumn.
Humulus Lupulus
Already used by the Romans in ancient times, hops were introduced as a medicinal plant in herbal medicine only around the 10th century. These are Arab doctors who recognize him, the first, its soothing properties soporific.
Schisandra Chinensis
Schisandra is grown in northeastern China, in the provinces of Jilin, Lianoning, Heilongjang and Hebei, and is propagated by sowing in the spring. The fruit is harvested in full maturity in autumn.
Sambucus Nigra
Originally from Central Europe, elderberry is particularly widespread in Switzerland and in all parts of Europe with a mild climate: Asia Minor, Caucasus and Siberia, and has been used for many centuries in medicine for its virtues. It is also appreciated for the taste values of its fruits, since its black berries have been eaten since Roman and Greek times.
Catharanthus Roseus
Imported plant, Madagascar periwinkle is little used by African traditional healers, it is reported as a decoction antidiabetic, indication for which it was widely used in Madagascar. lt is trying to verify this action that Canadian researchers have discovered the antinitotic action of the aerial parts of this plant, while the root contains an alkaloid responsible for the antihypertensive action.
Cola Nitida
Kola nuts have always been used by Africans as a stimulant, anti-fatigue and even aphrodisiac, and exchanges between South and North Africa as they still exist today for. Cola nut have was described very well by René Caillé, the first European explorer who was able to enter Timbuktu, a forbidden city in describes in detail the aspect, the color of the fresh walnuts which are used alone that aging 1830. He causes the redness of the nuts and becomes inactive. When we see again the precaution with which buyers choose their Kola nuts in the street markets, we can understand the justification given by the traditions to employment of a popular medicine.
Zanthoxylum Fagara
The root of Guene gui deg is widely used in Senegal as a toothbrush. lt has a very popular pungent flavor and used to soothe dental pain and infections. lt is also by examining the antibacterial properties of an extract from the plant on a culture medium containing blood. Professor SOFOWORA from Nigeria found that the blood on which the “Guene mistletoe” had been deposited remained red for a very long time, and he concluded that the plant should prevent hemolysis of red blood cells.