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Medicinal plants of North America: Contribution to French phytotherapy in the treatment of respiratory diseases

Volume 3, Issue 1, February 2005, Pages 19-27

[Plantes médicinales d'Amérique du Nord: Apport à la phytothérapie française du traitement des affections des voies respiratoires]

Enseignant au Dumenat P., 58, route des Romains, F-67200 Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Analysis of literary data and local reports have allowed us to have a look at traditional phytotherapy in the United States and Canada with plants from the regions of North America. Inspection of ethnobotanical, pharmacological and clinical data of some drugs used in the treatment of ailments of the respiratory tract makes it possible to give additional information to European phytotherapists for their therapeutic practice. In this article, traditional plants that can help in the treatment of respiratory diseases will be shown: Seneca snakeroot, Curly-top gumweed, Labrador tea, Liquorice root and Mountain balm (Holy herb). © Springer 2005.

Author keywords

Eriodictyon glutinosum; Grindelia squarrosa; Ledum groenlandicum; Ligusticum porteri; North-american traditional medical herbs; Polygala senega; Respiratory tract diseases; Therapeutical interest

Indexed keywords

EMTREE drug terms: curly top gumweed extract; Glycyrrhiza extract; labrador tea extract; mountain balm extract; plant extract; seneca snakeroot extract; unclassified drug
EMTREE medical terms: article; asthma; curly top gumweed; diarrhea; epilepsy; Eriodictyon; ethnobotany; Glycyrrhiza; labrador tea; medicinal plant; North America; pharyngitis; phytotherapy; plant root; respiratory tract disease; rheumatic disease; seneca snakeroot; stomatitis; traditional medicine
ISSN: 16248597Source Type: Journal Original language: French
DOI: 10.1007/s10298-005-0060-7Document Type: Article
  Goetz, P.; Enseignant au Dumenat P., 58, route des Romains, F-67200 Strasbourg, France; email:paul.goetz@wanadoo.fr
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