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Gemmotherapy is a branch of phytotherapy, developed in the 1960s, which uses plant buds and young shoots. Developed by Dr. Pol Henry, a Belgian physician and phytotherapist, gemmotherapy is based on the totipotency of embryonic plant cells, that is to say their ability to differentiate and give rise to all parts of the plant (branches, leaves, flowers, fruits…), as well as all of its tissues and functional 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 the growth of plants and trees. 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 concentrated macerates GemmoPure^® from the THERASCIENCE Laboratory are produced according to the traditional method of Dr. Pol Henry, by macerating the 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 duration of 21 days, followed by a filtration step. This combination of solvents allows for an optimal and complete extraction of the active molecules from the buds.