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Laurence LEBRUN, Doctor of Pharmacy, ethnobotanist and herbalist presents an article on the traditions and benefits of organic ravintsara essential oil. It tells the virtues, the origins, the history, and the use of ravintsara, the leaf good for everything. <\/p>\n\n
Here is the full original article. http:\/\/Le Ravintsara un arbre m\u00e9dicinal malgache.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n The Ravintsara a Malagasy medicinal tree The Ravintsara a tree <\/a><\/strong><\/em>malagasy medicinal.<\/a><\/em> Traditional Malagasy medicine<\/strong> The population of Madagascar comes from various backgrounds (Africa, Southeast Asia (Indonesia), Middle East, Europe etc.). This country of over 24 million people is culturally diverse and has 18 distinct ethnic groups.<\/p>\n\n The majority of the Malagasy population, especially in remote and rural areas, use traditional medicine. According to the WHO, this represents 70% of the population.<\/p>\n\n Malagasy tradipraticians treat themselves with medicinal plants but also take into account dreams, divination and specific rituals to determine the causes and treatment of the disease Since 2007, Tradipraticians are recognized and approved by the Malagasy government.<\/p>\n\n To treat a disease, they make preparations from medicinal plants in different forms (infusion, decoction, aromatic baths and others). For the Malagasy, ancestral medicine is always present in their daily lives. Treating yourself with this natural method is a well-established habit.<\/p>\n\n The traditional Malagasy pharmacopoeia<\/a> uses more than 3000 species of medicinal plants: for some of them, chemical studies have confirmed the properties advanced by tradipraticians and for others, these studies have led to the discovery of activities up tothere unsuspected.<\/p>\n\n The most famous of these is the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) which is traditionally used to treat diabetes, but also hypertension and liver problems. In the 1950s, researchers focused on demonstrating the plant\u2019s hypoglycemic activity in search of a possible plant insulin.<\/p>\n\n However, this study proved inconclusive, but to their surprise, the extracts of Madagascar\u2019s periwinkle showed anticancer activity, leading to the major discovery of anti tumor alkaloids that are vinblastine and vincristine.<\/p>\n\n Among the plants mentioned in the Malagasy pharmacopoeia, trees occupy a prominent place, all parts of the tree are used (leaves, fruits, bark, wood, roots).<\/p>\n\n Now let\u2019s discover the Ravintsara (Cinnamomum camphora), (find more information about organic ravintsara essential oil)<\/a>. Which thanks to the medicinal properties of its essential oil has become an essential aromatic tree in our western medicine cabinet.<\/p>\n\n the origins and history In his book \u00abHistoire de la grande \u00eele Madagascar\u00bb published in 1658, the French commander \u00c9tienne de Flancourt observes a massive use of ravintsara by the Malagasy population as a traditional remedy.<\/p>\n\n Ravintsara essential oil was not extracted for the first time until a century later, in 1775, by the pharmacist and chemist Antoine Baum\u00e9. But it was not until a few years later that botanist Pierre Boiteau, at the beginning of the last century, studied and observed the therapeutic effects of the Ravintsara that we know him today.<\/p>\n\n The Ravintsara (Cinnamomum camphora) is a large tree of the family Laurac\u00e9es, it is also known as camphor. It has for a long time been confused with Ravensare (Ravensara aromatica), whose biochemical properties and composition are very different.<\/p>\n\n Its leaves are covered with a waxy layer. They are persistent, alternate, tough and whole. They are 10 cm long and have an oval shape. Its flowers are white. Its ripe fruits are dark blue to black. They are spherical drupes, fleshy and carried by a thick green peduncle.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n Many works mention the traditional use of the Ravintsara.<\/p>\n\n In 1957 Pernet and Meyer in \u00abLa pharmacop\u00e9e de Madagascar\u00bb<\/a> mentions the use of the leaves of Cinnamomum camphora in case of fever and malaria Its leaves are also used in inhalation, steam bath against infectious diseases, respiratory ailments such as flu and in infusion, they are used against headaches, cough with asthmatiform dyspnea.<\/p>\n\n In the markets of Antananarivo<\/a> the leaves of Cinnamomum camphora are sold by herbalists to prepare infusions against fever, treat rheumatism and for its abortive properties. In Europe, especially in France, Ravintsara essential oil is increasingly popular, especially in winter. Health professionals recognize the virtues of this oil and recommend its use. The HE of Ravintsara corresponds to the kineole chemotype of the medium composition camphor tree: The actions of 1.8 cineole: if 30% gives HE \u00abcleansing\u00bb because mucolytic, expectorant, tensio-active preventing the mucus plates to stay stuck in the alveoli (not ciliated). In addition, these HE fight against inflammation of the bronchial mucosa. Powerful antiviral, antibacterial by joint actions of 1.8 cineole and terpenes, Immunostimulant, expectorant fluidifier, antiinflammatory, neurotonic, stimulant, muscle relaxant, sleep inducer<\/p>\n\n 1. ENT infections (oral, dermal, diffusion, inhalation) Laurence LEBRUN Here is the entire original article on the traditions and benefits of organic ravintsara essential oil. http:\/\/Le Ravintsara un arbre m\u00e9dicinal malgache.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n bibliographic sources<\/p>\n\n Pernet Robert, Meyer G. \u00abPharmacop\u00e9e de Madagascar.\u00bb Tananarive: Institut de Recherche Scientifique Tananarive-Tsimbazaza, 86 p. (1957).<\/p>\n\n http:\/\/Pharmacop\u00e9e de Madagascar Pernet.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n Randevoson, Malala Nirina Mahandry. \u00abContribution to the realization of the pharmacopoeia ma- lagasy monograph of: Calophyllum inophyllum, Cedrelopsis greve\u00ef, Cinnamomum cam- phora and Ravensara aromatica.\u00bb 2005.<\/p>\n\n Boiteau Pierre, \u00abPr\u00e9cis de mati\u00e8re m\u00e9dicale malagache\u00bb ACCT (Agence de Coop\u00e9ration Cultu- relle et technique, 1986)<\/p>\n\n http:\/\/Pharmacop\u00e9e de Malagasy monographies.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n Randriamiharisoa, M.N., Kuhlman, A.R., Jeannoda, V.et al. \u00abMedicinal plants sold in the markets of Antananarivo, Madagascar\u201d. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 11, 60 (2015)<\/p>\n\n http:\/\/Medicinal plants sold in the markets of Antananarivo, Madagascar.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Rasoanaivo.P, Petitjean.A, Ratsimamanga-Urverg.S, Rakoto-Ratsimamanga.A \u201cMedicinal http:\/\/medicinal plants used to treat malaria.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n Riondato I Donno.D, Roman.A, Razafintsalama.V E, Petit.T, Mellano. MG, Torti.V, De Biaggi.M, Naivonirina Rakotoniaina.E, Giacoma.C, Beccaro G.L, \u201cFirst ethnobotanical inventory and phytochemical analysis of plant species used by indigenous people living in the Maromizaha forest, Madagascar,\u201d Journal of Ethnopharmacology,Volume 232,(2019),Pages 73-89,<\/p>\n\n Suroowan,.S , Pynee, K.B. ,. Mahomoodally M.F, \u201cA comprehensive review of ethnopharmacologically important medicinal plant species from Mauritius\u201d, South African Journal of Botany,Volume 122,2019,Pages 189-213,<\/p>\n\n http:\/\/Plantes m\u00e9dicinales MAURITIUS.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n Mansard Micha\u00ebl, Laurain-Mattar Dominique, Couic-Marinier Fran\u00e7oise, \u00abHuile essentielle de Ravintsara\u00bb.Actualit\u00e9s Pharmaceutiques, Elsevier, 2019, 58 (585), pp.57-59.<\/p>\n\n http:\/\/HE Ravintsara Mansard 2019.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n Blanchard, J.M.\u00abCinnamomum camphora \u00e0 cin\u00e9ole (ravintsara), a plant for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections?\u00bb. Phytotherapy 5, 15\u201320 (2007).<\/p>\n\n http:\/\/Cinnamomum camphora et infections nosocomiales.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n Franchomme Pierre Penoel Daniel -Jollois Roger \u00abL’Aromath\u00e9rapie exactement\u00bb, R.Jolois, 2002<\/p>\n\n More information about the Betsara plantation is available at https:\/\/www.betsara.com\/blog<\/a>https:\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n more information <\/p>\n\nTell us more about Madagascar?<\/h2>\n\n
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