From the Maluku Islands (Indonesia) and Philippines, cloves are grown in Tanzania, Madagascar, western India and Brazil. The clove is propagated by sowing in the spring or by cuttings in the summer. Twice a year, unhatched buds are picked during maturation and dried in the sun.
The vermifuge chenopod has been known in Central America for a very long time as tea (Mexico tea) and has been introduced in many tropical countries and became a officinal plant in France in 1949. It is the oil which is now used in Europe asan anthelmintic, especially in veterinary medicine.
In India and Madagascar, an infusion of the leaves of Centella asiatica has always been used to treat leprosy and other diseases of the skin. On the other hand, this plant has also been used as a diuretic and hypnotic.
This plant is used all over Africa in skin conditions and on the other hand it is used internally as a purgative. These are the leaves that are used in applications either as such or after being ground.
Milk thistle is a spontaneous species spread all over Europe. It is easily propagated and prefers very dry, sunny soils. It is also grown as an ornamental plant. Its seeds are harvested at the end of summer.
The withania grows in India, the Mediterranean and the Middle East It is grown by seedlings or cuttings in the spring. Its leaves are picked, then its fruits and roots in the autumn.
Red vine is recognized for its ability to treat heavy leg syndrome and other circulatory or venous disorders, such as varicose veins and hemorrhoids, and is very effective in treating migraines and painful menstruation.
Viburnum grows in forests, hedgerows and thickets in Europe and eastern North America It is grown by sowing in autumn. The bark of the branches is harvested as strips in the spring. and in summer, during flowering.
Spicy wood, which prefers dark, damp places such as forests, is native to the northern United southern States and Canada. It breeds spontaneously in autumn. Its bark is picked in spring and its berries in summer.
Borreria verticillata is recognized by traditional healers as anti-leprosy and antifurunculous. In leprosy, we use the whole plant in decoction that we drink or apply to wounds. For boils, we use a paste obtained by pounding the leaves in mortar with oil. For ten years it was believed because of the name of fake-ipeca of the plant in Argentina, that it contained emulsion and cepheline, alkaloids of the plant. A recent study carried out in Dakar showed that alkaloids were new and indole: borrerine and borreverine.
This herb gives off a scent when we crumple the leaves and this explains its use in medico – magic treatments and mental illnesses, it’s also used for eye diseases in instillations, on burns and in pneumonia by rubbing breast.
The fruits of Acacia nilotica and the tannins they contain have the property of destroying the algae that invade the backwaters. Similarly, a decoction of the sprayed fruit thrown into the water kills the crustacea vectors of a terrible African disease, bilharziasis.
Traditional Remedy South Africa, the buchu is a stimulant and a diuretic, it also relieves intestinal diseases.For the Western herbal medicine, it is a diuretic agent and a valuable antiseptic unary, used in particular to cure the cystitis and d other diseases of the unary system The aroma of the buchu is strong and its taste is reminiscent of rosemary and peppermint.
All organs of this plant are used in traditional medicine. The bark macerated is used in colic, jaundice and as antivenom and vermifuge.The stems after removal of thorns are used as toothbrush and sold on all But it is the fruit that is widely used as a food because of its carbohydrates and vitamins.
Over the years from the 16th century to the 17th century, this area began to master the process of making tea. Japan’s finest tea was soon worthy enough to present to the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616).