Plants heal, it's obvious.
Grandmother's remedy or active ingredient of many drugs, they are now used for a medicine recognized in its own right by the Ministry of Health: phytotherapy.
From the Greek
phytos,
plant and
therapeia,
to heal, it is the art of using plants according to rules governing harvesting and extraction techniques.
This ancestral medicine is now making a strong comeback.
Frightened by the pharmaceutical scandals of recent years, the French are turning to methods deemed more natural.
According to a study conducted by the Order of Pharmacists, 63% of French people trust phytotherapy, 45% say they use it and 28% even give it priority over conventional medicine.
Right or wrong ?
546 medicinal plants listed in the French pharmacopoeia
"You should know that, despite the progress of synthetic molecules, 80% of our drugs today are still derived from plants",
underlines Olivier Coudron, director of the Institute...
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