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December 29, 2016

YLANG YLANG ESSENTIAL OIL: USES AND PROPERTIES

The name probably comes from the Filipino expression “Alang –Alang” which means “hanging, floating”, to describe the big, pendulous flowers from which the essential oil is extracted.   In the second half of the 18th century this big tropical tree, …

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September 19, 2016

AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS: HARVESTING

  Wild harvesting: choice of plants and recognition whit all the advices for sustainable and safe harvesting   In Italy, as well as in other countries of the Mediterranean area, it is possible to identify, without too many difficulties, several …

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June 28, 2016

NEEM OIL, FROM THE PLANT OF GOOD HEALTH

Azadirachta indicates A. Juss., known as Neem, is an ancient plant, used for centuries in India as fertilizer and insecticide.  In Sanskrit, it is referred to by the name of Nimba, that is “who gives good health”. Just think that …