Scientific name: Wormwood

Family: Artemisia absinthium

Origin: Eurasia and N Africa

Medicinal use: Woormwood contains essential oils, mucilage, choline, tannin resins and other compounds that give it natural medicinal properties such as an antiparasitic, antibacterial, analgesic, anticonvulsant, antiseptic, emollient, anti-inflammatory, soothing, tonic, stimulating and aperitif plant. wormwood is also used in traditional Chinese medicine, specifically in practices performed by acupuncturists.

Scientific name: Chaptalia nutans

Family: Asteraceae

Origin: N and S America

Medicinal use: This herb has several healing properties. For example, it stimulates blood flow and reduces bruising, due to its anti-inflammatory and soothing action. It can also relieve bumps, sprains, and muscle pain. Its power is associated with the improvement of bone problems. In addition to this, it acts on other ailments such as: bruises in the eyes, stretch marks, acne and arthritis. Like rue, it reduces rheumatic conditions such as varicose veins and hemorrhoids.

Scientific name: Ocimum kilimandscharicum

Family: Lamiaceae

Origin: Africa

Medicinal use: Traditionally, extracts of Ocimum kilimandscharicum were used to alleviate many ailments in East Africa including treatment of colds, coughs, abdominal pains, measles, diarrhea, insect repellent, particularly against mosquitoes and storage pest control. Research undertaken on the plant’s medicinal and insecticide efficacy classifies it as an aromatic plant whose bioactive properties can find use in pharmaceutical, aroma therapeutic and pesticide industries.

Scientific name: Leonurus cardiaca

Family: Lamiaceae

Origin: S Africa

Medicinal use: Among the variety of uses in medicine can be highlighted. Antiarrhythmic: Used to mediate tachycardia and accelerated palpitations. Cardiotonic: That allows to regulate blood pressure in cases of people with high pressures. Sedatives: Used to aid in anxiety or insomnia problems of neuronal origin, Oxytocic: Which promotes the release of oxytocin and causes contractions in the uterus. It can be used for menorrhagia and metrorrhagia (abnormal vaginal bleeding caused by abnormalities).