FITOTERAPIA - ALIMENTAZIONE E NUTRIZIONE UMANA

Academic Year 2015/2016 - 3° Year - Curriculum Scienze Erboristiche e dei Prodotti Nutraceutici

Detailed Course Content

• Phytotherapy

  INTRODUCTION: History of phytotherapy. Re-evaluation of traditional medicine.

   

  GENERAL DRUG PLANT

  Difference between synthetic drug and herbal remedy. Plant-complex: definition and properties. Active components of medicinal plants and their effects. Phytotherapeutic preparations obtained with herbal drugs. Adverse reactions, contraindications, interactions between herbal preparations and herbal preparations and synthetic drugs.

  PHYTOTHERAPYC TREATMENTS IN THE DISEASES OF

  RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

  Immunostimulants: Echinacea sp, Uncaria tomentosa, (Willd) DC, Rosa canina L., Malpighia glabra L.

  Antiseptics: Propolis, Thymus vulgaris L.

  Anti-inflammatories: Ribes nigrum L., Salix alba L., Spirea olmaria L., Altea officinalis L., Malva sylvestris L., Plantago sp., Verbascum sp.

  Balsamic/Expectorants: Eucalyptus globulus Labill, Thymus vulgaris L., Marrubium vulgare L., Verbascum sp., Polygola sp., Papaver rhoeas L., Tilia cordata Mill., T. platyphyllos Scop.

  VASCULAR SYSTEM:

  Arterial and venous tonic: Aesculus hippocastanum L., Ruscus aculeatis L., Ginkgo biloba L., Centella asiatica L., Cupressus sp., Vaccinium myrtillus L., Vitis vinifera L..

  DIGESTIVE SYSTEM:

  Bitter-digestive: Gentiana lutea L., Cytrus aurantium L., Achillea millefolium L.

  Antidyspeptic/carminatives: Angelica sp., Matricaria chamomilla L., Melissa officinalis L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Pimpinella anisum L., Illicium verum Hook.f., Carum carvi L., Cuminum cyminum L.

  Laxative: Altea officinalis L., Malva sylvestris L., Plantago sp., Linum usitatissimum L., Cassia angustifolia Mill., Rhamnus frangula L., Rheum sp., Prunus sp., Olea europea L., Ricinus communis L.

  Cholagogues/choleretic: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn, Cynara cardunculus L., Peumus boldus, Fumaria officinalis L., Taraxacum officinale Weber

  LIPID AND GLUCOSE METABOLISM

  Hypocholesterolic: Alium sativum L., Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L., Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch

  Hypoglycemic: Phaseolus vulgaris L., Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schul., Cinnamomum zeylanicum L.

  Body weight control:Citrus aurantium L., Paullinia cupana Kunth., Camelia sinensis L., Fucus spp., Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch., Garcinia cambogia

  URINARY SYSTEM:

  Antiseptics: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng, Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait., Solidago virgaurea L., Juniperus communis L.

  Diuretics: Pilosella officinarum Vaill., Cynodon dactylon L., Equisetum sp., Betula sp.

  NERVOUS SYSTEM:

  Sedative/anxiety disorders and insomnia: Valeriana officinalis L., Melissa officinalis L., Passiflora incarnata L., Eschscholzia caespitosa Benth., Humulus lupulus L.

  Adaptogenic and regulators of mood: Panax Ginseng C.A. Meyer, Eleutherococcus senticosus

  Maxim., Ipericum perforatum L.

  ARTICULAR SYSTEM:

  Antiinflammatory/antirheumatic: Boswellia sp., Spirea olmaria L., Salix alba L., Harpagophytum procumbens Burch.

  SKIN SYSTEM

  Aloe sp., Echinacea sp, Arnica montana L., Arctium lappa L., Calendula officinalis L.

  ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

  Cimicifuga racemosa Nutt. Bart. Dioscorea villosa L., Glycine soya L., Pygeum africanum Hook. F., Serenoa repens (W.Bartram) Small, Vitex agnus castus L.

Textbook Information

• Phytotherapy

  1. Sangiorgi E., Minelli E., Crescini G., Garzanti S., FITOTERAPIA- Principi di Fitoterapia clinica Tradizionale, Energetica, Moderna Casa Ed. Ambrosiana

  2. Capasso F., Grandolini G., Izzo A., FITOTERAPIA. Aggiornamento della II Ed. di Fitofarmacia (Capasso,Grandolini), Springer, Milano.

  3. Firenzuoli F., 2002 - FITOTERAPIA. III Ed., Masson, Milano.

  4. ESCOP (European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy) MONOGRAPHS - On the medicinal uses of plant drugs, ed. ESCOP;