Gemmotherapy: Medicine of the buds

Definition Branch of the phytotherapy , the gemmothérapy is a alternative medicine which uses embryonic fabrics vegetable in growth such as young person-growths, buds, rootlets, prepared by maceration in a mixture of water, glycerin and alcohol to obtain an extract which one names ““macérat glycerol-coated””.The word gemmothérapy comes from Latin ““gemmae””, which means at the same time bud and precious stone (allusion to the stability of the buds in winter like to their preciosity).A little history…The use of the buds , in the traditional pharmacopeia, goes with the Middle Ages , the era of the alchemists.But it is only in 1960 that a Belgian doctor, Doctor Henry (1918-1988) , takes as a starting point the discoveries on the embryonic cells of animal origin and provides the foundations of what it was going to name ““the phytoembryothérapy””.During years 1970 , the Doctor max Tétau , homeopath, renames ““the phytoembryothérapy”” in “gemmothérapy” , name now recognized and accepted.The gemmothérapy was developed then by Philippe Andrianne , founder of Herbalgem , and other European doctors.The gemmothérapy is a therapeutic method except for taking as a starting point the phytotherapy, but also of the homeopathic reflection. The embryonic extracts of the plants have a pharmacological activity good more important than the substances drawn from the adult plants.The blackcurrant, "the elixir of life"For instance, of blackcurrant of, they its of sheets of the wealth of known of recently of until and the vitamin pour C of of barks of its of in and micronutriments of the of, under 18th of was already recommended to century the name “of elixir Of fight” to support of longevity of the human.The phytothérapists prescribe :

• To reinforce the resistance of the organization to the viral and bacterial infections (influenza, infections of the respiratory tracts, diseases infantile, shingles, herpes…).
• To decrease the articular or sinewy ignition in osteoarthritis, generally in partnership with other food and plants.
• In the infectious tiredness post , in particular post flu but also post surgical and post radiotherapy.
• At allergic the , at which this activity of cortisone-like makes it possible to limit the use of drugs antihistamines and corticoids. This plant usefully will thus be prescribed in the event of hay fever, of asthma with repetition, allergic rhinitis…

The fruits and the sheets are traditionally used, but they are the buds of blackcurrants which present the the most powerful virtues. Their study revealed an important anti-inflammatory drug activity related to a stimulation of the cortex of the suprarenal gland. That makes of it a remedy of first choice in rheumatology, but also in all pathologies coming under the field of the allergy. The blackcurrant bud contains in a latent state all the potentialities of the adult plant. One finds there, indeed, the outlines of the sheets and the flowers. It is a true “natural concentrate”.BudsThe buds contain the properties of the flowers, of the fruits and the sheets , all the power and the energy of the future plant, which explains to them great effectiveness of action . They make it possible to prevent and treat a variety of health problems.The gemmothérapy exclusively uses the embryonic fabrics of the plants, trees and shrubs ; these extracts of plants in growth (buds, starts-up or rootlets) are prepared in a fresh state by maceration in a water-alcohol-glycerin mixture and give a concentrated extract called “Macérat-mother” or “macérat glycerol-coated concentrate”.The buds only consume (macérat-mother) or in the form of complex .The complexes contain a harmonious association of different macérats-mothers (buds), who answer a problem targeted . This therapeutic recent is active in “regeneration”, “stimulation” and the “cellular drainage”.Mode of useFor the adults, between 5 and 15 drops per day, according to the person and of the problem. To start with 5 drops and to increase by drops each day until getting a desirable result.

For the babies, 1 to 3 drops per day in the feeding-bottle or via the mom which nurses.

For the children up to 13 years, 3 to 8 drops per day, according to the problem. To start with 3 drops and to increase by drops each day until getting a stable result. Duration:

• In cure of 3 weeks consecutive then one week of stop, to make during 3 months to the maximum.
• For Sinugem, stop the complex as of the re-establishment.

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