Twenty-eight of the 42 assortments in 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, said Imayasil Ulloa Trujillo, a herbalist in the delegation. provincial government of agriculture in that territory.
Milagro Barrios González, director of research, development and innovation at Labiofam in Ciego de Ávila, told the Cuban news agency that his entity supports the basic table of drugs with various preparations, including antihypertensives, cardiovascular, digestive, antispasmodic, antiasthmatic and spectorants, which are made from natural plants.
Such preparations are made in the form of tea, using holy cane, guava, oregano, kidney tea, chamomile and sage, among other plants, said Barrios González.
The program of natural and traditional medicine in Ciego de Ávila has the guarantee of a sufficient mass of plants to prepare these medicines, which are used in the treatment of many diseases and is still an option in the absence of medicines.
In 2021, Farmacia y Óptica and Labiofam will demand a larger amount of vegetable mass, including aloe, majagua, oregano, onion, wall, linden, passion flower, guava, sweet orange, mangrove and chamomile, in order to makes anti-catarrhal preparations and syrups.
Labiofam, from Ciego de Ávila, is also investigating a wide portfolio of herbal products to meet the demands of agriculture and veterinary and human medicines in the country.
According to the director of research, development and innovation Labiofam in the territory of Avila, the agricultural system is the main customer of his entity, thus solving the difficulties that may face those who produce meat, milk, eggs and meat and vegetables, is a fundamental objective of the entity. your.
In the line of bioproducts for agriculture, they work on three natural insecticides: one based on Romerillo, another with Jamaican Flower and the third with the Neem tree. “For veterinary use I developed an antimicrobial lotion with Romerillo; a tincture that removes ticks and fleas in pets with Neem tree; a shampoo for pets with aloe vera and a nutritional supplement with Jamaica Flower seeds for poultry, ”said Milagros Barrios.
Natural products that are being researched for human purposes include the effectiveness or not of Romerillo as a pediculicidal lotion and Jamaica Flower as a disinfectant, the researcher added.