The contemporary man does not know how to eat and he swallows instead of chewing well forgetting that the stomach has no teeth. Nowadays we do everything in a hurry. We eat badly, we breathe badly, we live badly and we do not care about our health by natural methods.
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.
Leek (allium porrum) is a herbaceous plant belonging to the family Alliaceae, which also includes garlic and onion. The medicinal virtues of leeks have been known for centuries, but today it is mainly considered as a food.
Lemons have many beneficial properties for health that have been recognized for centuries, the two main ones being their powerful anti- aging action, bacterial and antiviral, and on the other hand their effectiveness to stimulate the immune system.
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.
The Neem originates from India from where it was imported as trees from the avenues for its shade. As it resists drought it was used in the Sahel in reforestation. These are the most used leaves in traditional medicine in malaria, edema and rheumatism.
Native to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, belladonna is now grown everywhere. This plant prefers chalky soil, woodland and uncultivated land. It’s leaves are harvested in summer and its roots are from the first year, in autumn.
The blue cohosh is a wild plant in North America, it likes wooded valleys and wet slopes, exposed to the north It can also be cultivated by sowing or by division of the roots in the fall.
Fat or shea butter is currently sold on the market in slabs or balls. The African method of butter preparation consists in ridding the fruits of their pulp by fermentation and washing. The almond is then reduced to pulp by shelling and the resulting mass is thrown into the boiling water, and on cooling, the fat floats and can be collected almost clean.