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Phytotherapy: plants for digestive comfort

2023-02-21T11:49:55.984Z


Bloating, intestinal spasms, acid reflux... How about trying artichoke or liquorice? 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. Fright


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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