Phytotherapy

Medicinal plants’ market of Challwa – Huaraz, Peru (Picture from F. Canard)

Phytotherapy is based on the use of medicinal plants. In France, Europe and all over the world, there is a rich therapeutic tradition linked to the use of certain plants and parts of plants, flowers, fruits, leaves, bark or roots, whose biological activity has been demonstrated. Unlike allopathic medicines resulting from chemical synthesis, which most often contain only one active ingredient, plant extracts used in phytotherapy are a complex mixture of molecules, called a totum. 

Phytotherapy is indicated particularly in chronic problems whether digestive, hepatic, pulmonary, gynaecological etc., as well as for allergies ans skin problems, along with auto-immune pathologies and chronic inflammatory diseases. It can be used as a complement to other treatments. However, the use of plants must be done with discernment and caution without forgetting that some of them can be toxic.

Taking into account the law of 30.04.1946, decree 60669 of article 1489 and the decree of 8.10.1996, this is not a question of medical care or physiotherapy, but of techniques of well-being through physical relaxation and alleviation, releasing stress.
The various healing techniques used are an aid and a complement for well-being. They do not in any way replace a medical consultation. Your doctor is the only person authorised to make a diagnosis and prescribe an appropriate treatment. Medical treatment should never be interrupted without the advice of your doctor.