Essential Oil Profile: Helichrysum

by   Marie Temmen       Common Name:Everlasting   Latin Binomial:Helichrysum italicum, Helichrysum angustifolium   Family: Asteraceae (Compositae)   Other Common Names: Immortelle, St. John’s herb   Part Used: Flowering tops   Production Method:steam distillation (an absolute may be produced by solvent extraction.)   Countries of Origin: Helichrysum is native to the Mediterranean. It is […]

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German Commission E Monographs and The European Market for Herbal Remedies

by   Cheryl Hoard     In 1978 the German government established a committee, called Commission E, comprised of physicians, pharmacologists, toxicologists, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry and lay persons. Phytomedicines, simply called herbal remedies, are commonly used and very popular in Germany. The German government saw the need to create a process to affirm […]

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