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 Acacia Nilotica 

  History And Use.

 The leaves  and barks  are  used  for  toothache , the  fruits  are very  rich  in  tannins  and are  used to tan  the skin  or  as an  antidiarrheal .

 Description  of the Plant :

 It is a tree  10 to 12  meters  high . The top  gives  a  rounded  appearance . The leaves  are composed  and  appear  in the rainy  season  . The flowers from  small yellow  balls  at the end  of the  axis  the fruits  are  gray  and  whitish  pods containing  the seeds.

  Curative  Action :

 Dysentery  is the major  indication  of this  species,  and it is  especially  the fruits  with the richness  of gallic tannin  exceeding  200% which are  used  in powder  from . The fruits  of Acacia  nilotica  and the  tannins  they contain  have the property  of destroying  the  algae  that invade  the  backwaters.

 Similarly , a  decoction  of the  sprayed  fruit thrown into the water kills the  crustacea  vectors  of a  terrible  African  disease , bilharziasis . The Gallic acid  phenolic  hydroxy  gallic tannins  seem  to be  responsible  for these  actions . The gallic tannins  seem more  harmless  to fish  than the saponosides of other  plants  used   for the  same  purpose .

 Uses:

 Diarrhea- Take  a pinch  of the fruit  powder  without  the  seeds,  5 grams  in case of  diarrhea. Rest every hour according  to  the  evolution of pain .

Bilharzia :- Make  a concentrated  solution  of  tannins  in  boiling  water from  the fruits, add this water to  the marigot  containing  the crustaceans that carry the disease .

 Achillea  Millefolium 

 History and  Use :

 The Millefolium  is a  plant  origin  from   Europe  whose  healing  properties  have  been known  for a long  time . The yarrow  was used to  stop  the  bleeding  caused  by war wounds . Active against  the  high fever  it also   treats  the common  cold  and  the flu , it is also used in  case of problems  related  to menstruation  and  circulatory  disorder .

 Description of The plant .

 Yarrow  is a  perennial pant  of the family  Asteraceae  growing in  temperate  zones  of  sevsral continents  { Europe , Asia , South America }. A plant  with a little  branched  stem , it is usually  60 to 80 cm. Some  specimens  can grow  up  to two meters, stems  are   covered  with woolly , whitish hairs ,  elongated  leaves  of yarrow  are dark green ,  petiolate  at base, flowering  occurs  between june and  September : flower heads yarrow  are  white, pink or purple  and have  white -yellow  to yellow florets  in their hearts .

 Curative action :

 Internal use :- Anti -spasmobic  and  decongestant : yarrow  helps  relieve  digestive  disorders , but also  menstrual  pain .

 Peptic : it helps  digestion  and  heals dyspepsia .

 Emmenagogue : the  plant  stimulates  blood  flow to the  pelvic region  and the  uterus .

 External Use :-

 Healing  and  coagulation : Applied  as a  compress  yarrow  helps  stop  bleeding  and  helps  to heal  wounds . Anti-inflammatory : the  plant  relieves  skin inflammation .

  Antispasmodic : used in sitz  bath it relieves  menstrual pain .

 Antiseptic : Yarrow  helps  to prevent infections.

 USES:

 To treat loss of  appetite, digestive  disorders  and  menstrual  pain, yarrow  is  consumed  as an  infusion , at a rate  of one  to two  teaspoons  in 150 ml  of water , to be  taken  three times  per day , day between meals , liquid  extract [ 1 to 2 ml three times  a day ] or  mother  tincture [ 5ml in a  little  water or  fruit juice  three  times  a day] can also  be  used .

 In external  use, yarrow  is used in three different  ways : compresses from an  infusion  of one  to two  teaspoons  in 250 ml  of water, essential  oil diluted  in a  little  oil vegetable , in sitz  bath for menstrual  pain , with 100 g  of  dried  plants  infused  in a liter  of water  that is then diluted  in twenty liters  of hot  water .

 More  simply a  fresh   use , yarrow   leaf placed  in the  nostrils  will stop  nosebleeds , while chewed  poultice  leaves  are an  excellent anticoagulant .

 Acorus Calamus.

 History And  Use:

  The  acorus  is a soothing  and  stimulating  plant  of  gastric  secretions. It is known  for  its appetizing  and  carminative  properties , as well   a soothing  effect on the nervous  system and  joint  pains .  The  plant is generally  recommended  in case  of digestion  difficult , chronic  gastric , rash and  urticaria .

 Description  of the plant :

 Since  long  time , men use  the true  Acore  as  toning  and  stimulating  Ayurvedic  medicine  attaches  great  importance  to this  plant  which  is also widely used  in Europe  and the  United  States  facilitating  digestion , its rhizome  has  atonic  action  on the nervous  system  . This  plant stimulates  appetite, reduces   flatulence  and  relieves  indigestion  and  colic  it has a bitter taste .

  Curative  Action:

 True  acore  solves  various  disorders  aerophagia, colic  or bad digestions . The  amencanus  variety  proves  to be  a more powerful  antispasmobic  intestines . It reduces  bloating , soothing  migraines  and  facilitates  the digestion  in small  doses , this  plant  would  help reduce the  production  of  stomach  acid , while , larger  doses  would stimulate it different  dosages  of the same  plant  can thus  cause  contrary  results.

 Traditional  And  Current  Uses : 

 In Egypt  and India  the true  acore  has  been  considered  as an aphrodisiac  . In Europe , it was  mainly  looking  for  its  stimulating , apentive  and  digestive  action  in North America , the  decoction of this  plant  relieved  fevers , stomach  cramps  and colic  .The rhizome  was chewed  to  reduce  toothache .

 U SES:

 Adding  a decoction  to hot  bath water: relaxing  effect on the  muscles  and  sadative  on the  nervous  system . The  plant , like   the  chamomile , helps to reduce nervous  tension and  sleep.

 Stimulating  gastric  secretions , against  bloating , nausea  and  gastro- oesophageal  burns , acore  is particularly  used  for  its  tonic  effect on the  digestive  glands  and  its relaxing  effect on the  neuromuscular .

 Adansonia  Digitata:

 History And Use.

 This tree  has always  struck the  imagination  for its  grotesque shape  and size . It is  considered  sacred  tree in many villages . All parts of the  plant  are  used  . A part  of its food  uses,we  can  mention  antidirrheal , antirachitic , anti-inflammatory  , etc.

 Description  Of  The Plant :

 It is a tree that can reach  20 to 25 meters  in height  with a huge  truck that can measure  3 meters  in  diameter. the leaves  are alternate  and composed  of 5 to 7 leaflets. the white flowers  hang  at the end  of a  peduncle and  give  ovoid  fruits  called " monkey bread " containing  black seeds embedded  in a white floury  pulp.

 Curative  Action :

 The  toxicity  of the  leaves  is non-existent  orally By subcutaneous  injection , give an  extract corresponding to 10 grams per kilogram to kill a  mouse . The  fruit pulp contains carbohydrates , proteins , lipids , vitamins, pectic  substances , organic  acids and  mineral  salts . The  antidiarrheal  action is given by  carbohydrates  and  pectic  substances  that absorb water . The leaves  contain a  high percentage  which calcium  useful  for  food  and  abundant mucilage  which  swells  in the water  and  allows  a better digestion . It is added  to the  millet couscous  for this  purpose  in  Mali and  and  Burkina- Faso .

 Uses :

 Mix the dried  fruit pulp  after moving  the seeds, in water or milk [ 10 grams  per 100ml] and  drink at meals .

 Ageratum  Conyzoids :

 History And  Use.

 This  herb  gives  off a scent when  we crumple  the  leaves  and  this  explains its use in  medico-magic treatments  and  mental illnesses , it is also used  for eye  diseases  in instillations , on burns  and  in  pneumonia  by rubbing  Breast.

 Description  of the plant .

 It  is an annual  upright  grass up to 50 cm tall . The  opposite  leaves  are  soft  to the touch . The  flowers  gather  in small  purple  or pale  blue  heads . the  crumpled   plant  gives  off a  characteristic  odor .

 Curative  Action . 

 The entire  plant contains  an essential  oil including  phenols  and  other  products [ ageratochromene and  conyzorigum] . The  essence  is  antibacterial  especially  on staphylococcus  aureus . On the  other  hand, an extract  of  Ageratum  conyzoids  showed  a  antihelmintic  activity  in vitro  but the  antidiarrheal  action seems rather  to be  due to a direct  effect on  the intestinal  mucosa  rather  than to its  pest control  action .

 USES:

 As the name  suggest , fumigating  the leaves  purifies  the house  and  chases evil  spirits  according  to the  old  ones.

 Put  a drop  of juice  from the  leaves  into eye instillations .

 Rub the  patient's  chest  with the leaves  and also  disinfect the  burns  and  wounds .

 Alchemilla  vulgaris :

 History And  Use ;

 The lady's  mantle  owes  its  name  to the  alchemists who considered  the dew of its eaves  as heavenly  water indispensable  for the  preparation  of the  philosopher's  stone . In the middle Ages,  this plant was already  used in herbal  medicine , but it was  supposed  to ... giving  back their  virginity  to women  and shine  to withered  breasts . This is  where  its name  comes  from" lady's  mantle " since the plant  was known to firm the  tissues  of the  device  female  genital  by wrapping  it like a coat .

 The lady's mantle  appears  in  1570 in a treatise  by    Andres  languna de  Segovia , a  Spanish  doctor , pharmacologist  and  botanist  who recommends  it as an  infusion  to cure cracks  and fractures  in babies  and young  children ,   but also  powdered  with red wine  to treat  all kinds of wounds . This was  actually  in the early  twentieth  century  that the  Swiss  priest and  herbalist Johann  Kunzle demonstrated  it is useful in the relief  of  premenstrual  pains , but  also in the  preparation of  childbirth .

  Description Of the Plant:

 Perennial   plant  native  to  Europe  and north  America  the lady's  mantle  grows  in  many  environments , from woods  to wet  pastures , from meadows to mountains , of course  by the  massifs  of our  gardens . More  than  50 species of lady's  mantle , which is commonly  used  in herbal  medicine , is the  Common  Alchemilla , otherwise  known  as the   Alchemilla  vulgaris [ Alchemilla  vulgaris ] with its light  green stem  with reddish  tints  measuring  10 to 30  centimeters , circular  shape  and consist  of seven  to eleven lobes . The  flowering  of the lady's  mantle takes  place  between

 May and October , during  which time  the  plant  produces  small flowers  of a  medicine

 yellow  color turning  towards  green. In herbal  medicine  , we use  the  leaves of the  lady's mantle  but  without  their  petioles .

 The lady's mantle  contains  gallic tannins , which  help stop  the blessing  but  also flavonoids , with  antioxidant  and anti- inflammatory  properties  salicylic  acid , phytosterols , saponins as well as  palmitic  and  stearic  acids.

 Curative  ACTION : Internal Use :

Antidiarrheal :  Lady's mantle  is  indicated for  mild  diarrhea especially  in pregnant  women .

 Astringent  and  calming :it helps  to  alleviate  the pain  of menstruation as well as  gastrointestinal  disorder, it  is also  useful  for dealing  with PMS and  helping  to regulate  menstrual periods . Antioxidant : the  flavonoids  present  in the  lady's  mantle  help maintain good  blood circulation  {Thus  fighting  against  heavy  legs }. Healing : the  lady's mantle  stop the  haemorrhages  , especially  those  due to too abundant  rules,  at the time of the  premenopause  for  example .

   ASUAL THERAPEUTIC  INDICATIONS :

  The lady's mantle  can be  used  in cases  of mind  diarrhea , gastrointestinal  disorders  and , most  importantly , gynecological  disorders  whether  it be  menstrual  pain,  premenstrual  syndrome  vaginal  conditions  such as  white discharge , it also helps  to relieve  people  with heavy legs  and  swollen ankles  as well as  to maintain  oral  hygiene  and  treat  mouth ulcers.

 USES:

 In internal use , the lady's  mantle  is mainly  consumed  as an  infusion ; from2 to 4, 5  grams  of dried  leaves  infused  in 200 ml of water will make  it possible  to make  an herbal tea from which one  can drink two to three cups  a day  to stop a mild  diarrhea  or to relieve painful menstrual  periods . A decoction  of two to four   cups  per day  of  7 g  of  leaves  dried  in 200 ml of water the lady's  mantle  avoids  gynecological  disorders .

 In external  use , the  lady's  mantle  can be used  in  sitz  bath , gargle  or simply  be mixed  with the  bath water } in case of heaviness  in the legs for  example }. In this  case, the  dosage  is 50 g, of  dried  aerial  parts infused  in a liter of water .

 Because  of its  action  close to progesterone, the  lady's mantle  must be used  with great care  by all those talking an  oral contraceptive . The family  tree is  contraindicated for  people  suffering  from gastritis  or peptic ulcer .

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