ESSENTIEL Sandrine Bauder

The use of buds in traditional pharmacopoeia dates back to the Middle Ages, to the era of the alchemists.
Poplar buds were used in particular for making an ointment
and those of fir for the manufacture of syrups for pectoral use.
From the Latin term gem, which means both bud and precious stone, gemmotherapy uses exclusively the fresh embryonic tissues of plants, trees and shrubs, i.e. buds, young shoots and rootlets.
All the "information" of the growing plant is contained and concentrated in the young growing tissue.
The choice of the moment of picking is very delicate and determining the therapeutic quality of the finished product.
This period can be very short, from a few hours to 2 days, and requires constant monitoring.
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