Gemmotherapy
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Gemmotherapy [from Lat. gemma, bud, and New Lat. therapīa, Grk. therapeia, medical treatment] is a pseudoscientific group of remedies from embryonic tissue of various
This raw material is taken at the peak time of the tree or shrubs' germination. It is claimed that unknown plant hormones and enzymes are released during this process which can somehow improve health.
Development and spread of gemmotherapy
The therapeutic effects of embryonic material of plants were first investigated in the late 1950s by a Belgian homeopath, Pol Henry
Henry initially called the new type of medicine, phytoembryotherapy which was later renamed, gemmotherapy.[5] Gemmotherapy was included in herbal therapies in France in the Pharmacopée Francaise[6] in 1965.
Lack of evidence of efficacy
There is no evidence of therapeutic efficacy for gemmotherapy.
Although scientific knowledge about the healing effects of plants is still increasing, gemmotherapy has not yet been the subject of any "serious" scientific publication. It has not been the subject of any randomized double-blind study, the only method recognized as reliable, nor has it been published in a recognized professional journal.
Gemmotherapy is promoted especially at trade fairs dedicated to "wellness", in the middle of a cocktail of other pseudosciences and "fake drugs". [citation needed]
References
- ISBN 9782738178237.
- ^ Henry, Pol (1959). Bases Biologiques de la Gemmothérapie. Tongerlo, Belgium: Saint-Norbert.
- ISSN 0518-3391.
- ^ Julian, O.A., ed. (January 1961). "Observation clinique de Gemmotherapie". Archives Homéopathiques de Normandie.
- ISBN 978-2-8755-2012-8.
- ^ Pharmacopée Francaise, 8th edition, Ministère de la Santé, Gouvernement Français, Paris 1965
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