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This page is the result of the aggregation of content from 3 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.

  • 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 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.
  • Researchers Sara Motyka, Katarzyna Koc, Halina Ekiert, Eliza Blicharska, Katarzyna Czarnek, and Agnieszka Szopa are researchers in pharmaceutical botany at the University of Lubin and Krakow in Poland.

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

Practical information

Family

Lamiaceae

Parts used

Picking info

Medicine cabinet

7 traditional uses

Hypercholesterolemia 2
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 274, "raised cholesterol levels"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary Polish researchers in pharmaceutical botany Motyka, S., Koc, K., Ekiert, H., Blicharska, E., Czarnek, K., & Szopa, A. (2022). The Current State of Knowledge on Salvia hispanica and Salviae hispanicae semen (Chia Seeds) [p. 9, "reductions in total cholesterol"]. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041207
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Hyperglycemia 1
  • Contemporary Polish researchers in pharmaceutical botany Motyka, S., Koc, K., Ekiert, H., Blicharska, E., Czarnek, K., & Szopa, A. (2022). The Current State of Knowledge on Salvia hispanica and Salviae hispanicae semen (Chia Seeds) [p. 8, "postprandial glycemia"]. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041207
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Hypertension 2
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 274, "high blood pressure"]. Penguin Random House.
  • Contemporary Polish researchers in pharmaceutical botany Motyka, S., Koc, K., Ekiert, H., Blicharska, E., Czarnek, K., & Szopa, A. (2022). The Current State of Knowledge on Salvia hispanica and Salviae hispanicae semen (Chia Seeds) [p. 8, "hypertensive people"]. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041207
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Kidney stone 1
  • Contemporary Polish researchers in pharmaceutical botany Motyka, S., Koc, K., Ekiert, H., Blicharska, E., Czarnek, K., & Szopa, A. (2022). The Current State of Knowledge on Salvia hispanica and Salviae hispanicae semen (Chia Seeds) [p. 10, "kidney stones"]. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041207
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Neurodegenerative disease 1
  • Contemporary Polish researchers in pharmaceutical botany Motyka, S., Koc, K., Ekiert, H., Blicharska, E., Czarnek, K., & Szopa, A. (2022). The Current State of Knowledge on Salvia hispanica and Salviae hispanicae semen (Chia Seeds) [p. 10, "prevention of neurodegenerative diseases"]. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041207
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Overweight 1
  • Contemporary Polish researchers in pharmaceutical botany Motyka, S., Koc, K., Ekiert, H., Blicharska, E., Czarnek, K., & Szopa, A. (2022). The Current State of Knowledge on Salvia hispanica and Salviae hispanicae semen (Chia Seeds) [p. 9, "overweight"]. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041207
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Type 2 diabetes 1
  • Contemporary English herbalist Chevallier, A. (2013). Encyclopedia of herbal medicine [p. 274, "type 2 diabetes"]. Penguin Random House.
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Dosages

Powder of dried plants internal intake

14 plant properties

87 constituents

4 common names

8 scientific names

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Pregnant or breastfeeding women

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