The Medical and Aromatic Plants Project in Sweida
Before the concept of history began, humans undoubtedly acquired life benefits by discovering medicinal and aromatic plants that were food and medicine.
The Aromatic and Medical Plants Project of the General commission for the Development, Management and Protection of al-Badia in Sweida province is an important step towards preserving the genetic assets of many plants and benefiting from them in various fields.
Head of the Sweida commission branch, Eng. Omar Karkout, told SANA that this ten-year updated project stresses the importance of medicinal and aromatic plants producing the active substances which are used in preparing different kinds of drugs as well as the need to develop and multiply these plants and to return them to their original locations as a result of the factors that led to a decrease in use of these plants , most notably overgrazing , drought and the decline of rainfall .
Eng. Karkout pointed out that the project includes a field on an area of 5 dunams that contains 24 perennial species of plants such as Syrian thyme, rosemary, mardukush, sage, lemon grass, achillea fragrontissima and 28 annual kinds such as bitter melon and oats. 4.000 seedlings of medical and aromatic plants were prepared for the current season to secure the needs of the local community .
He indicates that at the beginning of the project , about 200 kinds of medical and aromatic plants seeds were collected, but some of them, especially the annuals, were unsuccessful as a result of natural conditions, underlining that the collection of seeds continues to obtain the largest number of these important plants in order to preserve them.
Plants or herbal remedies have been used for huge numbers of years like conventional medicine. In fact, herbal medicine is the establishment of modern medicine.
Medicinal and aromatic plants are a good resource to develop new medicine and treat the body and mind. The possibility of conquering disease through medicinal and aromatic plants is always a hope for sick people.
Plants are important sources of medicine. Medicinal plants have been known to be an important potential source of therapeutics or curative aids.
The plants of the project , according to Eng. Karkout , have several health benefits such as relaxing the muscles, cough, flatulence, stomach pain, digestive disorder, urinal troubles , reducing high blood and treating many others illnesses.