Twenty-eight of the 42 ranges that fall within the country’s basic table of medicines are guaranteed by the ten farms in Ciego de Ávila that pay for the natural and traditional medicine program, informed Imayasil Ulloa Trujillo, medicinal plant specialist of the provincial delegation. of agriculture in that territory.
Milagro Barrios González, Labiofam’s director of research, development and innovation in Ciego de Ávila, told the Cuban news agency that her entity supports the basic table of drugs with several preparations, including antihypertensive, cardio-circulatory, digestive, antispasmodic, anti-asthmatic and spectorant , which are made from natural plants.
Such preparations are made in the form of tea, which includes sacred sugar cane, guava, oregano, kidney tea, chamomile and sage, Barrios González said.
The natural and traditional medicine program in Ciego de Ávila guarantees sufficient plant mass to prepare these medicines, which are used in the treatment of many diseases and are still an option in the absence of medicines.
By 2021, the Farmacia y Óptica and Labiofam companies are demanding a higher amount of plant mass, including aloe, majagua, oregano, onion, wall, linden, passion flower, guava, sweet orange, mangrove and chamomile, with the aim of anti-catarrhal preparations and syrups.
The Labiofam Company, in Ciego de Ávila, is also researching a wide variety of products based on medicinal plants to meet the demands of agriculture and veterinary and human medicine in the country.
According to the Director of Research, Development and Innovation of Labiofam in the territory of Avilan, the agricultural system is the main customer of its entity, solving the difficulties faced by those who produce meat, milk, eggs, as well as meat and vegetables. is a fundamental objective of your entity.
In line with organic agricultural products, they are working on three natural insecticides: one based on Romerillo, another with Flor de Jamaica and a third with the neem tree. “For veterinary use, we have developed an antimicrobial lotion with Romerillo; a tincture that eliminates ticks and fleas in neem tree pets; a shampoo also for pets with aloe vera and a food supplement with Jamaica Flower seeds for poultry “, emphasizes Milagros Barrios.
Among the natural products being researched for human purposes are the effectiveness or not of Romerillo as a pediculicidal lotion and the Jamaica Flower as a disinfectant, the researcher added.