The use of embryonic tissue of plants in human health dubbed gemoterapia is a relatively new branch of phytotherapy, in a broad sense, It uses exclusively the yolks or vegetable sprouts. This is because, Unlike in the strict sense that uses herbs vegetables in your complete stage of development and almost always in the form of dried out, and aromatherapy that only uses a complex fraction "totum vegetal", essential oils, This is because, as we said, a process that only uses plant tissues in the embryonic stage, in such a way that some, few authors usually call of fitoembrioterapia, term however if reveals something misfit and biomes are terminologically little enlightening.
The forerunner of this new branch of use of medicinal plants, It was the Belgian doctor Pol Henry of Brussels, for the first time, about 60 year old, had the idea of using the fresh shoots of plants in human Therapeutics. Pol Henry based his methodology in a biochemical analogy exists between the formula blood proteínica of animals tested in the laboratory and those of patients in treatment.
This methodology was later considered a real scientific context unadapted, having a group of French researchers, led by Max Tetau and Claude Bergeret, past using gemoterapia based essentially on two paradigmatic precepts, the clinical trial used as guide and laboratory experimentation and used physiological as a rule.
The gemoterapia has some features that may put you in a position privileged in relation to some extent, the classic herbs (Phytotherapy in the strict sense).
- The first is the fact that it is a process more in line with the modern concepts of ecology, to the extent that it does not require intense harvesting of entire plants, but provides only for a single tissue in growth, not annihilating the vegetable.
- The second is justified in what they call the Tetau Bergeret and activity plus the gemoterapia, that seems to be due to a large concentration of substances, particularly hormonal type, such as auxins and gibberellins between other embryonic tissues, and that allows the use of low dosages with respect to classical herbal medicine. An accelerated even though in most cases the plant pathology is not matching coincident in classical and herbs gemoterapia.
- The third has to do with the precision and specificity that are therapeutic appanage of gemoterapia, which in most cases does not happen in classic herbs, that has a less specific physiological activity and therefore, broader and less manageable in principle clinically, What however in our view one should not consider as an inferiority and biotherapy, particularly when anatomical concepts are at stake in pathophysiological functional own holistic methodology inherent in nature that considers the human being on a higher plane and priority in relation to simple systematization of pathologies, that suffers almost always by giving primacy to the generality and standardization at the expense of case-by-case approach. So I personally prefer consider gemoterapia and classical herbal medicine as complementary and synergistic, and never have claims to want to replace one for the other.
The gemoterapia also meets the requirements of the drainage, so important in nature and which constitutes one of its paradigmatic concepts. This concept aimed at the man in full, considers that the diseases that he is a victim only develop in weakened due to malfunctions in the organs of elimination, the emunctórios, as a consequence of accumulation of toxic substances, of metabolites badly degraded, of insufficiently disposed catabolitos, In addition to reduction of immune defenses. One of the means to facilitate the return to the State of health is to reduce this load endogenous toxínica, stimulating together and certainly the different organs of elimination, being this naturológica strategy dubbed drainage, to the ancient Orthodox from the beginning of the century naturopaths, as Ka, Kuhne, Lezaeta, CAPO, Colucci, etc., called empirically blood purification, and for which already had certain methods and processes, some of which are still in force today, though reworked by more scientific concepts, as is the case of trophic drainage, based especially on nutrition and controlled handling dietologia. Gemoterápicos products, Although Act with precision and specificity have proved excellent average run-of-the-mill drainers of target to them in terms of physiological activity.
The production of embryonic tissue based products vegetables is widely spread in Belgium and France. In these countries the process of production is briefly as follows: After harvesting the fresh shoots and within 24 hours those same tillers are subjected to maceration with solvents to demineralised water and purified, ethanol and glycerol., in parts that vary slightly depending on the plant material used, This maceration lasting approximately from 30 days, and should carry out daily for a few minutes to a slight agitation process plant-solvent mixture. At the end of the term indicated is the filtering and pressing with collection of extractive solution which is usually in a 1/5. This extraction solution is further decentralised to 1/9, Thus the final product ready to be consumed. Quality control, In addition to indispensable resources to sanity in microbiological terms, makes use of the refractometry, Polarimetry and various processes of chromatography, and may also use as a more sophisticated the recent olfactometria with aromascan.
In Portugal and in Biogal, travel through a process similar, but with significant changes in terms of technologies used, by virtue of being our vocation the production of totally free of alcohol (ethanol), What happens with the other extracts of medicinal and aromatic plants for we produced for use in classic herbs, or virtually free of ethanol in the case of these products. Like this, and particularly because of the biotechnological vocation, our process involves first day of maceration, only the use of water as solvent, relying however on despolimerizantes enzymes technology of macromolecules of plant cell wall, particularly hemicelulases and pectinases, remaining period of maceration being filled with use of quite inferior to conventional levels, glycerol and ethanol in particular, What after the devolution final product originates” virtually ” This alcohol-free or is less than 0,5%. This process involves even the stabilisation techniques and conservation undertaken with a blend of synergistic substances of biological origin, and the use of beta-ciodextrina produced through biotechnology and which is a molecule capable of carrying out molecular encapsulation of substances with little or no affinity for water, These substances which are in significant percentage in embryonic tissues vegetables.
Scientific research in this area started systematically in the years 80, focuses particularly on three vectors:
- Biochemical analysis of embryonic tissues used vegetable and its qualitative and quantitative comparison in relation to the adult plant;
- Study of physiological effects and evaluation of the activity of the total extract of fresh shoots in relation to any active ingredient isolated from the whole plant;
- Clinical trial, that allows the therapist to know precisely the possibilities of treatment using these products and make decisions about the main indications.
As an example of this scientific research choose a vegetable that is particularly dear to us, because I personally provided us with amazing results, and to be the target of growing, biological by our company, solely with a view to harvest fresh sprouts. This is Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant), and which briefly present a study of the physiological and pathophysiological effects.
Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of fresh shoots of Ribes Nigrum.
The inflammatory reaction is characterized by a succession in time of different phenomena· pathophysiological: vasodilation, increased capillary permeability and plasma exudation (passage of plasma and white blood cells from the blood through the wall of the small vessels) leading to the formation of edema,
The anti-inflammatory activity of the Ribes Nigrum fresh shoots was tested on four models:
a) The cold resistance test, It consists in exposing murganhos at a temperature of -25° C and compare the average percentage of survival among animals treated by Ribes Nigrum and murganhos testimony receiving only a single excipient.· The results show a remarkable protection of corms, being the average percentage of survival among the murganhos witness 27%, against 78% murganhos treated us.
Thus Ribes Nigrum can be considered as a substance with cortisono-like activity.
(b)) Resistance model “stress” hunger. A group of murganhos suprarrenaloctomizados is subject to a food famine tease methodology. The administration of Ribes Nigrum shoots leads to the following experimental observations: Increased survival time with lower rate of blood sugar imbalances, in relation to a group testimony with the adrenals intact. This model reinforces the objective evidence of cortisono action-similar of Ribes Nigrum.
(c)) Model of the sponge or cotton balls. This template is to introduce on subcutaneous tissue of gerbil a foreign body, thus creating an inflammation of the connective tissue. Inflammatory fluid cytology collected the reactive granuloma, highlights on a plot treated with Ribes Nigrum shoots, a very important reduction of typical cells of this kind of inflammatory phenomena, macrophages (ten times less that the testimonies) These cells are considered as powerful anti-inflammatory agents because they have in their Lysosomes potent lytic substances.
(d)) Adjuvant-induced arthritis model of Freund. This model is a particular type of immunological inflammation that is accompanied by biochemical modifications, similar to rheumatic disease.
The ten rabbits were administered 1 MI of Freund's adjuvant and 0,1 MI horse serum. Treatment with the dosage of Ribes Nigrum 40 drops a day in gastric intubation started thirteen days after injection of adjuvant. Two types of plasma proteins were assayed, due to its unusually high rates express the rabbit the inflammatory process:
– Alfa 1 acid glycoprotein.
– Gamma globulins.
The administration of Ribes Nigrum reduced to near normality in seven days the rate of Alpha -1 acid glycoprotein, and in ten days of gamma globulins.
These models allow us to seriously consider with solid scientific grounds the Ribes Nigrum as endowed with anti-inflammatory properties, possessing in addition to their cortisono-similar type action (secundarismos-free), a possible inhibitory effect on the inflammatory process not only with regard to the formation. the exudative fluid promoter of edema, but also at mobilisadas and cells of immune reactive substances formed.
So this embryonic tissue vegetable is used successfully in the treatment of allergic syndromes, for rheumatic, dermatological, ENT and pulmonary, being particularly indicated in asthenia hiposuprarrenaliana, inflammatory rheumatism, in asmas, Food and drug allergies.
The use of embryonic tissue of plants (fresh sprouts), It is a great resource to add to existing under the dietary supplements, Since the vegetables used fulfil the legal requirements in force which is a reality in most cases.
LISTING OF MAJOR GEMOTERÁPICOS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
| ALNUS GLUTINOSA | Improves cerebral circulation and strengthens the walls of the arteries, being so indicated in the sequelae of brain hemorrhages and senile esclorose. |
| BETULA PUBESCENS | Stimulates organic defenses. Fight to asthenia, being still used in dermatological drainage. |
| CEDRUS LIBANI | Drainage in skin diseases, particularly eczema and psoriasis. |
| CORYLUS AVELLANA | Astringent and vasoconstrictor to employ in capillary afeções. Also indicated in the emphysema and pulmonary sclerosis. |
| FICUS CARICA | Has essentially diencefálicaque makes him a remedy of choice on psychosomatic afeções, particularly at the level of the stomach and duodenum when ulceration. |
| PINUS MONTANA | Chronic rheumatism, vertebral arthrosis and "coxarthrosis". |
| PRUNUS AMYGDALUS | Decreases the rate of prothrombin. Shown in hypertension and atherosclerosis. |
| ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS | Hepatoprotector, colagoso and choleretic. |
| RUBUS IDEAEUS | Estrogen-like activity, being used in gynecological disorders and menopause as a preventive of senescence |
| RUBUS FRUCTICOSUS | Osteoporosis and other bone dismetabolismos. |
| SECALE CEREALE | Stimulates liver cell. |
Authors > Eduardo Ribeiro, CEO scientist Department | Quality control| Research and Development- Biogal, Biologia de Portugal Lda.
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