Originating from Europe and Asia, burdock now grows in all the temperate zones of the world. It is grown in Europe and China by sowing in the spring. The seeds are harvested in summer and the whole plant is harvested picked in the warmest of summer.
The cherry tree is native to the Middle East and was introduced to France in 1585 by Jean Morelot. It is to King Louis XV that we owe his intensive cultivation, for his fruit and his wood, famous end and The cherry was used in ancient times by the Greeks to treat gout. At the Middle Ages, the cherry tail was recommended to facilitate the evacuation of urine.
Common thyme is a cultivated variety of wild thyme, or wild thyme, native to southern Europe, and is now grown worldwide, by sowing or cuttings in spring, on calcareous soils aerial parts at the end of summer.
Originally from Europe, St. John’s Wort grows in many temperate regions of the world It is cultivated by sowing in the spring or by division of the rhizome in autumn. The flowering tops are harvested in the middle of summer was known as a devil’s hunt that drove evil spirits away, a plant used in white magic.
Originally from Europe and northern Asia, valenane enjoys humid climates. It is grown in central and eastern Europe by sowing in spring. It’s root and rhizome are harvested after 2 years in the autumn.
Originally from the temperate regions of Europe and Asia , flax is grown by sowing in many parts of the world, including France, Canada and the United States, and is harvested when its seeds are ripe late summer or early fall.
An edible fruit made from a wild shrub, acerola has been used by Amazonian Indians all the time, especially to fight against diarrhea, dysentery and liver problems. The Spanish conquistadores did not miss to discover the virtues of this fruit from the sixteenth century and it is they who gave it the name acerola.
Throughout Black Africa, the Securidaca longepedunculata are known to keep snakes away from habitations. On the other hand, by swallowing about one gram of roots, traditional healers protect themselves from snake bites when they go out into the bush to harvest.
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.
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.
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’.
Native to the Gulf of Mexico, Baja California, the West Indies and Namibia, the damiana is grown extensively by sowing in the spring, in a hot, humid climate, and leaves are harvested in the summer, when flowering occurs.
Native to southeastern Europe and western Asia, the elm tree grows in temperate regions. It is cultivated by sowing (in spring) or by root division. It prefers moist soils In autumn, we dig up the root, then cut it to dry at high temperature.
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.
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.