Gemmotherapy is a branch of phytotherapy, developed in the 1960s, which uses buds and young shoots of plants. Developed by Dr. Pol Henry, a Belgian physician and phytotherapist, gemmotherapy is based on the totipotence of plant embryonic cells, that is, their ability to differentiate and give rise to all parts of the plant (branches, leaves, flowers, fruits…), as well as all of its functional tissues and organs.
For this reason, buds have a particularly high concentration of primary and secondary metabolites. Primary metabolites are essential for plant development: nucleic acids, amino acids, sugars, minerals, as well as phytohormones (auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid), responsible for the initiation and regulation of plant and tree growth.
Secondary metabolites (polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins, phenolic acids, iridoids, etc.) are involved in the plant’s defense, adaptation, and protection mechanisms. It is this richness in metabolites that gives gemmotherapy its particular interest.
The GemmoPure® concentrated macerates from Laboratoire THERASCIENCE are prepared according to Dr. Pol Henry’s traditional method, by macerating buds in a mixture of three complementary solvents in equal parts: 1/3 water, 1/3 ORGANIC alcohol, and 1/3 ORGANIC glycerin, for a minimum of 21 days, followed by a filtration step. This combination of solvents allows for optimal and complete extraction of the active molecules from the buds.
