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This page is the result of the aggregation of content from 22 sources. At Phyto-info, we have indexed, assembled and synthesized all the information found to summarize it, to make it readable and easy to access. We have carefully selected our sources from recognized and reliable people.

  • Doctor & Ethnobotanist Dr. Gérard Debuigne is a French doctor, specializing in phytotherapy and nutrition. Hi co-author, Dr. François Couplan is a French ethnobotanist and writer, specializing in the traditional uses of wild edible plants, which he has studied on all five continents and of which he is a pioneer in Europe.
  • Physician Dr. François-Joseph Cazin (1788-1864) was a French physician. Author of an imposing Practical and Reasoned Treatise on Indigenous Medicinal Plants, he is considered the ancestor of the French school of phytotherapy.
  • Physician Dr. Jean Valnet (1920-1995) was a French physician and surgeon, specializing in herbal medicine in the fields of phytotherapy and aromatherapy.
  • Physician Dr Jean Morel has been a doctor in Besançon since 1980. A student of Dr. Jean Valnet, he is president of the Franche-Comté Society of Société Franc-comtoise de Phytothérapie et d'Aromathérapie created in 1982. He has been using plants for more than thirty years and is a lecturer in the university degree in phytotherapy and aromatherapy at the faculty of Besançon.
  • Pharmacist Dr. Carole Minker, pharmacist, has studied the traditional uses of medicinal plants by people around the world.
  • Researcher, Pharmacist & Herbalist Dr Monique Simmonds is Deputy Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has over 30 years' experience in different aspects of medicinal plant research. Dr Melanie-Jayne Howes, a registered pharmacist and chemist, completed a PhD in pharmacognosy before being appointed Plant Chemist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Jason Irving is an herbalist and over the past five years has taught hundreds of people how to find, identify and use wild plants at his foraging and herbal medicine courses in London.
  • Pharmacists Dr. Claudine Luu is a doctor of pharmacy and natural sciences, she founded the Phytofrance laboratory, as well as the oldest herbalist school in France, IMDERPLAM located in the Hérault. Its co-author, Dr. Annie Fournier, is a doctor of pharmacy, specializing in phytotherapy and relaxation therapies.
  • Pharmacist Dr. Gilles Corjon is a doctor of pharmacy. Dr. Gilles Corjon is a doctor of pharmacy. Co-manager of a traditional herbalist shop for more than 25 years, he is currently a teacher and scientific director at the Lyon School of Medicinal Plants and Natural Knowledge.
  • Doctor of taxonomy & pharmacist Dr. Sonny Larsson is a Swedish pharmacist with a PhD in pharmacognosy. He worked as a professor at Uppsala University and Lulea University of Technology, before accepting a position as a plant chemist. Her co-author, Dr. Elizabeth Dauncey, has a degree in botany, with a PhD in plant taxonomy. She has spent most of her career at the Poison Control Centre at Guy's & St Thomas Hospitals in London.
  • Pharmacists Dr. Loïc Girre is a professor at the University of Rennes-1 and a member of the National Academy of Pharmacy; he is also a specialist in medicinal plants and their history.
  • Herbalist Marie-Antoinette Mulot (1919-1999) was a French herbalist by virtue of her training as an herbalist at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Montpellier, she was the last to graduate in 1941.
  • Herbalist Steffen G. Fleischhauer is a landscape designer, specialist in wild plants and author of several identification guides; Astrid Sussmuth is a phytotherapist.
  • Herbalist Paul-Victor Fournier (1877-1964) was a French canon and botanist. His major work, 'Les quatre flores de France', published between 1934 and 1940, remains a reference work for the identification of plants in the field.
  • Herbalist Sophia Emma Magdalene Grieve (1858-1941), aka Maud, Margaret, Maude or Mrs Grieve, was the founder and director of the Whins School of Medicinal and Commercial Herbalism at Chalfont St. Peter, in Buckinghamshire, England. She is best known today for her 1931 book, A Modern Herbal.
  • Herbalist Thomas Bartram is a medical herbalist. He has lived and worked in Christchurch, Dorset in England. A Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, the Royal Society of Health and the Health Food Institute, he was also the Editor of the journal 'Health for Herbs'.
  • Herbalist Andrew Chevallier is an experienced medical herbalist and author of books on botanical medicine. He is a member and past president of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and a member of the College of Practitioners of Herbal Medicine. He also helped found the Herbal Medicine Course at Middlesex University.
  • Herbalist Paul Iserin is head of the phytotherapy department at the Bobigny Faculty of Medicine.
  • Herbalist Jessica Houdret has a passion for herbs, she has grown them commercially and has led workshops on their many uses. She served on the board of the British Herb Trade Association for several years and served as a director.
  • Herbalist Michel Dubray is an herbalist, a diploma approved by the French community in Belgium. He is also a nutritherapist who graduated from the School of Natural Medicine and Ethnomedicine in Paris.
  • Herbalist Matthew Wood has been an herbalist for over 35 years in the United States. He holds a Master of Science in the field of medicinal plants from the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine, a degree recognized by the University of Wales in Scotland.
  • Herbalist Yves Vanopdenbosch is a graduate hospital nurse trained in Belgium, he directs the École des Plantes where he teaches traditional European phytotherapy.
  • Publisher Dr. Anne-Claire Gagnon and colleagues wrote this book published by Éditions Vidal, a specialist in health information. It provides scientifically validated information on the benefits of medicinal plants.

However, Phyto-info is not responsible for what these sources tell us. We only report them in a different format.

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37 traditional uses

Abscess 1
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 101, "abcès"]. Tana.
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Adnexitis 1
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 101, "inflammations […] des trompes de Fallope"]. Tana.
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Amenorrhea 2
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 423, "aménorrhée"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "aménorrhée"]. Omnibus.
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Anemia 2
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 180, "anémie"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
  • Twentieth century French physician Valnet, J. (2001). La phytothérapie : se soigner par les plantes [p. 256, "anémie"]. Editions Vigot.
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Asthenia 2
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 180, "asthénie"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
  • Twentieth century French physician Valnet, J. (2001). La phytothérapie : se soigner par les plantes [p. 256, "faiblesse générale"]. Editions Vigot.
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Biliary insufficiency 1
  • Twentieth century French physician Valnet, J. (2001). La phytothérapie : se soigner par les plantes [p. 256, "insuffisance biliaire"]. Editions Vigot.
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Bronchitis 2
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "toux"]. Omnibus.
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "bronchites"]. Terre Vivante.
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Cellulite 1
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 181, "cellulite"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
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Cholecystitis 1
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 180, "cholécystite"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
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Cholera 1
  • Contemporary Belgian Herbalist Dubray, M. (2018). Guide des contre-indications des principales plantes médicinales [p. 138, "choléra"]. Editions Lucien Souny.
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Cold 3
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 213, "colds"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 208, "rhume"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "rhume"]. Terre Vivante.
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Constipation 4
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "constipation"]. Omnibus.
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 180, "constipation"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "constipation"]. Frances Lincoln.
  • Twentieth century French physician Valnet, J. (2001). La phytothérapie : se soigner par les plantes [p. 256, "constipation"]. Editions Vigot.
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Dermatosis 3
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 423, "affections cutanées chroniques"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "maladies de la peau"]. Omnibus.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 101, "affections cutanées"]. Tana.
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Dysmenorrhea 1
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "menstruations de survenue difficile"]. Terre Vivante.
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Ecchymosis 1
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "bruising"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Eczema 2
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "eczéma chronique"]. Terre Vivante.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 101, "eczéma"]. Tana.
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Edema 3
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 423, "hydropisies"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "hydropisie"]. Omnibus.
  • Contemporary English herbalist Houdret, J. (2011). The complete guide to garden herbs [p. 150, "dropsy"]. Hermes House.
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Fever 7
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 213, "fever"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "fièvres intermittentes"]. Omnibus.
  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 15, "intermittent fever"]. Tiger Books International.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 208, "fièvre"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "fièvre"]. Terre Vivante.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 100, "fièvre"]. Tana.
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "fever"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Furuncle 1
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 101, "furoncles"]. Tana.
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Hemorrhage 1
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "bleeding"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Hypercholesterolemia 1
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 101, "cholestérol"]. Tana.
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Hypertension 1
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 180, "hypertension artérielle"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
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Icterus 4
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 423, "ictère"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "jaunisse"]. Omnibus.
  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 15, "jaundice"]. Tiger Books International.
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "jaundice"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Immune deficiency 2
  • Contemporary German herbalists Fleischhauer, S. G., & Sussmuth, A. (2021). Plantes sauvages médicinales, les 50 plantes essentielles et leurs usages [p. 153, "déficience immunitaire"]. Editions Ulmer.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 100, "déséquilibres immunitaires"]. Tana.
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Inappetence 1
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 180, "anorexie"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
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Infected wound 1
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "minor skin infections"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Influenza 10
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 213, "flu"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Corjon, G. (2018). Se soigner par les plantes [p. 161, "grippe"]. Editions Gisserot.
  • Contemporary Belgian Herbalist Dubray, M. (2018). Guide des contre-indications des principales plantes médicinales [p. 138, "grippe"]. Editions Lucien Souny.
  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 15, "influenza"]. Tiger Books International.
  • Contemporary English herbalist Houdret, J. (2011). The complete guide to garden herbs [p. 150, "influenza-like illness"]. Hermes House.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 208, "grippe"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "grippe"]. Terre Vivante.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 100, "états grippaux"]. Tana.
  • Contemporary French physician Morel, J.-M. (2018). Traité pratique de phytothérapie. [p. 265, "grippe"]. Editions Grancher.
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "flu"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Iron-deficiency anemia 2
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 423, "chlorose"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth century French physician Valnet, J. (2001). La phytothérapie : se soigner par les plantes [p. 256, "chlorose"]. Editions Vigot.
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Malaria 2
  • Contemporary Belgian Herbalist Dubray, M. (2018). Guide des contre-indications des principales plantes médicinales [p. 138, "malaria"]. Editions Lucien Souny.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 100, "paludisme"]. Tana.
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Pharyngitis 1
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "pharyngites"]. Terre Vivante.
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Psoriasis 2
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "psoriasis"]. Terre Vivante.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 101, "psoriasis"]. Tana.
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Rosacea 1
  • French herbalist of the twentieth century Mulot, M.-A. (1987). Secrets d'une herboriste : 250 plantes médicinales [p. 180, "couperose"]. Edition du Club France Loisirs.
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Scurvy 3
  • Nineteenth century French physician Cazin, F.-J. (1876). Traité pratique et raisonné des plantes médicinales indigènes et acclimatées : avec un atlas de 200 plantes lithographiées (4e ed.) [p. 423, "scorbut"]. P. Asselin, libraire de la faculté de medecine. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58310855/
  • Twentieth-century French botanist and canon Fournier, P.-V. (2010). Dictionnaire des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France [p. 386, "scorbut"]. Omnibus.
  • 20th century English herbalist Grieve, M. (1931). A modern herbal: the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties, cultivation, and folklore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, and trees with all their modern scientific uses. [p. 15, "scurvy"]. Tiger Books International.
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Sore 2
  • Contemporary English herbalist Houdret, J. (2011). The complete guide to garden herbs [p. 150, "sores"]. Hermes House.
  • Contemporary English Researcher, Doctor of Pharmacy and Herbalist Simmonds, M., Howes, M.-J., & Irving, J. (2016). The gardener's companion to medicinal plants: an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies [p. 79, "wounds"]. Frances Lincoln.
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Typhoid fever 1
  • Contemporary Belgian Herbalist Dubray, M. (2018). Guide des contre-indications des principales plantes médicinales [p. 138, "fièvre thyphoïde"]. Editions Lucien Souny.
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Varicose ulcer 1
  • Contemporary English herbalist Houdret, J. (2011). The complete guide to garden herbs [p. 150, "ulcers"]. Hermes House.
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Viral disease 6
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 213, "acute viral conditions"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary French physician & ethnobotanist Débuigne, G., & Couplan, F. (2019). Le Petit Larousse des plantes médicinales [p. 72, "affections d’origine virale"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 208, "affections virales"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary French herbalist Iserin, P. et al. (2017). Larousse des plantes médicinales: identification, préparation, soins [p. 208, "infections virales"]. Larousse.
  • Contemporary French doctors of pharmacy Luu, C., & Fournier, A. (2020). 300 plantes médicinales de France et d'ailleurs : identification, principes actifs, modes d'utilisation [p. 267, "affections virales"]. Terre Vivante.
  • Contemporary French doctor of pharmacy Minker, C. (2023). Le guide des plantes sauvages: 100 plantes essentielles aux vertus bienfaisantes [p. 100, "infections virales"]. Tana.
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Internal decoction

External infusion

Internal infusion

Wet inhalation

Powder of dried plants internal intake

31 plant properties

41 constituents

6 common names

3 scientific names

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Children

Pregnant or breastfeeding women

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