News of March 2024!
What happened in March 2024 at Phyto-info… we tell you everything!
Hello everyone 🌿
While we could have talked about chocolate bells and rabbits, we preferred to talk about a plant with a strong smell and a spicy flavor. Garlic is either loved or hated, which was the case of Alfonso, King of Castile, who, in thirteen cents and briquettes, refused entry to his castle to all garlic eaters. Another celebrity who doesn’t like garlic is Bram Stocker’s Count Dracula. It is perhaps because of vampires that in Auvergne in the past, newborns found themselves with a necklace made of garlic cloves around their necks.
Garlic and vampires do not generally mix 🥺. But why, you may ask? Well, we may have the beginning of an answer… Vampires could suffer from porphyria. Have you ever heard of this pathology?
Porphyria is a hereditary disease that causes abnormal painful sensations in the light. And as luck would have it, garlic exacerbates the symptoms of this disease. Not only do people with porphyria have to avoid light and the sun at all costs, they also have to avoid garlic. Coincidence?
That being said, garlic is a treasure for blood circulation in general and hypertension in particular; however, be careful of its multiple drug interactions and contraindications. This is why it is important to always check the methods of using plants before using them.
Added plants 👏
- Common garlic (Allium sativum)
- Alpine leek (Allium victoriale)
Discover their traditional uses and terms of use on our platform.
Update 👏
We update our plant sheets regularly, due to the fact that we have new books 📚. This month it’s the turn of elderberries and wild garlic. For wild garlic, for example, we have gone from 6 springs to 15, which gives us a better overview of its properties.
- Wild garlic (Allium ursinum)
- Black elder (Sambucus nigra)
- Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)
Re-discover all their benefits and precautions for use on our platform.
Frequently Asked Questions 👏
Because Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQs for short, are important resources for Internet surfers, we have added one to our website. It is a first version, it will be updated as questions are asked. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you can’t find your answer, a real human will get back to you as soon as possible. Yes, yes, a human!
Workshops and walks 👏
We are ready to meet you on the occasion of walks or workshops.
During our walks, which will take place in a garden that is being protected by the environment to maintain its biodiversity, we will discuss the field of medicinal plants. While observing and touching them, we will discuss their benefits and associated risks. Whatever your experience in the field of plants, come with your knowledge.
During our workshops, you will get your hands dirty to make alcoholic tinctures, oily macerations, ointments, syrups and many others. We offer two formulas, a 2-hour workshop with the essentials of transformation techniques or a one-day workshop with a slightly more advanced content including additional transformation techniques.
Visit our pages walks and workshops for more information and to come in large numbers, we are waiting for 🎉 you
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