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Medicinal Plants (I)
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is the use of plants or parts thereof for therapeutic purposes and has been used by animals and man himself from prehistory. In fact, the majority of current drugs are based on active principles of plants. We therefore introduce readers to this amazing world in the belief that they will be really useful. And we will hand our companion Maria Jose Valcarcel, Bachelor of Pharmacy and naturopath.
It is called ACTIVE to any substance with pharmacological activity. The active principles are usually secondary metabolites of the plant, ie that are not central to it (most often reserve substances, products to repel or attract insects for pollination, etc.)..
HERB plant is equipped with all active substances with pharmacological activity that can be exploited from the therapeutic standpoint. Read the rest of this entry »