Tema I: Introduction to Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products

Medicinal plants and their uses

The process of human development was imposing the homo sapiens a multitude of problems whose solutions were improving their living conditions on the road to sustainability on the planet.

This used the resources that nature could make available to the conservation of the species that will simply just had to take it and use it.

Thus the man protected his tribal group of changes in time using the benefits of forests and caves, mineral resources naturally and the remains of shells to use as vases and simple tools.

The animal kingdom took the skins to keep warm and the sun, while the flesh served as food and making dissimilar activities that allowed these rustic instruments.

But the increased use that gave the man of nature was in the plant kingdom as it took the plants that served as food for the construction of their houses and ships, to soothe the pains of disease, for use in their makeup for magic rituals - religious and also became aware of the aesthetic values of this world.

In a later stage in which man learned to domesticate plants, proceeded to classify and select them for different uses. In that cognitive development was establishing the relationship between the nutritional value, cosmetic, decorative and therapeutic plant that immense world infinite in its variety and its use.

The purpose of this section is to present three considerations with plants commonly used in the culinary arts, which are handy in any kitchen or just modest decorating the garden or balcony and can solve or prevent a disease in any group member family also be used in skin care and hair.

Among the plants are exposed to these features follows. For more information visit Herbs - Medicinal plants.

MEDICINAL PLANTS	USES
MEDICINAL PLANTS	Culinary	Cosmetic	Decorative
Oleander			garden
Basil	salad dressing	oil	Garden pots
Almond	Fruit	oil
Anise	flavoring
Avocado	salad	oil
Garlic	seasoning
Rice	Cereal
Hazelnut	Fruit
Eggplant	salad oil
Bougainvillea			garden
Cocoa	food
Coffee	drink
Pumpkin	food
Marigold			Garden pots
Cinnamon	flavoring, seasoning
Onion	salad, seasoning
Coriander	Seasoning
Plum	Fruit
Coconut	Fruit oil	oil	Garden
Cumin	Seasoning
Spinach	Seasoning salad
Strawberry	Fruit
Sunflower	oil	oil	Garden pots
Soursop	Fruit
Guava	Fruit
Jasmine			Garden
Lettuce	salad
Lime	Fruit
Mandarin	Fruit
Cashew	Fruit
Marilope
Marpacífico			Garden
Mustard	Seasoning
Laurel	Seasoning		Garden
Lemon	Fruit
Corn	Cereal
Apple	Fruit
Bitter orange	Fruit
Nut	Fruit, Seasoning
Olive	oil, Fruit	oil
Oregano	Seasoning		Garden pots
Papaya	Fruit
Potato	food
Cucumber	salad	masks
Parsley	salad, Seasoning
Pepper	salad, Seasoning
Pineapple	Fruit
Banana	Fruit
Okra	salad
Radish	salad
Beet	salad
Aloe		secretions	Garden pots
Tamarind	Fruit
Tea	drink
Tomato	salad
Grapefruit	Fruit
Purslane	salad
Carrot	salad, drink
Sapodilla	Fruit

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Medicinal plants and their uses

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