Making researched information
practical
Dr. Gilbertha St Rose
Dermatologist, Herbalist, Integrative Health Care Specialist
President : CAPSICUM
Managing Director - Eden Herbs
MAY 2012
SUMMARY
 TRAMIL
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CARIBBEAN HERBAL PHARMACOPOEA
 EDEN
HERBS
TRAMIL - www.tramil.net
Traditional Medicines of the Islands project
 Started
in 1982
 Program / Network of Applied
Research for traditional popular
Medicine in the Caribbean
 It aims to rationalize health
practices based on the use of
medicinal plants
MISSION
 TO
VALIDATE
SCIENTIFICALLY THE
TRADITIONAL USES OF
MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.
VISION
 TO
BE THE REFERENCE
INTERDISCIPLINARY
PROGRAM IN THE DETECTION,
VALIDATION AND DIFFUSION
OF THE USES OF MEDICINAL
PLANTS THAT IMPACT IN
PUBLIC HEALTH
Method of TRAMIL
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33 territories in Caribbean [ English,
French and Spanish] collaboration
which is multidisciplinary. Our data
collection process and synthesis
discussion groups work with ethno
botanists, phytochemists,
pharmacologists, doctors and lay
people.
Method of TRAMIL -
Surveys
TREATMENTS USED FOR: (local
name of the problem)
 Illness description (in basic English):
 First treatments (the last time the
problem occurred in the family):
 ___ traditional medicinal plants
 ___ healer or witch doctor
 ___ medical officer
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Method of TRAMIL -
Surveys
Description and way of preparation of
the remedy:
 How did you take the remedy, in what
quantity and how many times?:
 Where did you find the plants?
 ___ yard
 ___ not at home
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Method of TRAMIL -
 Have
Surveys
you already used this
remedy?
 ___ Yes
 ___ No
 Which results have you obtained?
Method of TRAMIL -
Surveys
What precautions should be
observed during treatment?
 (contraindications & side effects)
 And for the children?
 (contraindications and directions
for use)
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Scientific participations
■ University Center West Indies /
Guyana - Guadeloupe
 ■ Autonomous University of Santo
Domingo - Dominican Republic
 ■ Central University of Venezuela
 ■ University of Antioquía Medellin Colombia
 ■ University of Caen - France
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Scientific participations
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University of Cartagena de Indias
- Colombia
 ■ University of Costa Rica
 ■ University of Dakar - Senegal
 ■ University of Strasbourg - France
 ■ Universities of Groningen and
Leyden - Holland
Scientific participations
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University of Haiti
 ■ University of Illinois - Chicago
 ■ University of Metz - France
 ■ University of Panama
 ■ University of Poitiers - France
Scientific participations
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University of San Carlos Guatemala
 ■ University of Sao Paulo - Brazil
 ■ University of Talca - Chile
 ■ University of Toulouse - France
 ■ University of Uppsala - Sweden
■ University of the Valle Cali Colombia
 ■ State University of Campinas - Brazil
 ■ Autonomous National University of
Honduras
 ■ Autonomous National University of
(León) Nicaragua
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Scientific participations
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■ National University Pedro Henríquez Ureña
- Dominican Republic
■ Center of Investigation of Marine Biology CIBIMA - Dominican Republic
■ Meso-American Center of Studies about
Appropriate Technology - CEMAT
■ Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle,
Laboratoire d'Ethnobiologie - France
Scientific participations
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■ National Center of the Traditional Popular
Medicine, Min. of Health of Nicaragua
■ Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants
"Dr. Roig" - Cuba
■ FARMAYA - Guatemala
■ Forestry Department & National Trust Saint Lucia
■ Institute of Legal Medicine, Lausanne Switzerland
Scientific participations
■ Mexican Institute of the Public Health
- (ex-IMEPLAM)-IMSS - Mexico
 ■ Botanical Garden of Missouri - USA
 ■ Botanical Garden Dr. Rafael
Moscoso - Dominican Republic
 ■ Kurhotel of Topes de Collantes Cuba
 ■ Max-Plank Institute - Germany
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Scientific participations
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■ Ministry of Public Health - Cuba
■ Cultural Movement for Awareness - MCA Dominica
■ IRD/ORSTOM French Guyana and
IBBA/ORSTOM - Bolivia
■ Tropical Royal Institute - Nederland
■ Lab. Central de Farmacología. Facultad de
Ciencias Médicas de la Habana - Cuba
Scientific participations
■ UWI Trinidad & Tobago
 ■ UWI Jamaica
 ■ UPR Universidad de Puerto Rico
 ■ Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
 ■ New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)
 ■ Instituto de tecnologia em farmacos,
Ministério da Saude, Rio de Janeiro
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Databases:
■TROPICOS
 ■KEW
 ■IPNI
 ■ScienceDirect
 ■Index Herbatorium
 ■Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical
Databases (Duke)
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Databases:
 ■Green
Pharmacy (Duke)
 ■NAPRALERT
 ■Medline
 ■BioMedSearch
 ■Virtual Health Library
 ■Natural Standard
Databases:
 ■Herbal
Safety
 ■Max Planck Institute (RFA)
 ■ICS-UNIDO
 ■FITOMED (Cuba)
 ■PlantSystematics
 ■Carib Fruits (CIRAD-Guadeloupe)
Databases:
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■Plants of the Eastern Caribbean (Barbados)
■The Plants of Saint Lucia
■ Plantes des Antilles 1 & 2 (Jacques
Fournet)
■Phytocréole (Martinica)
■Floristics of Belize
■Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Databases:
■Michael Tims Medicinal Plant
Databases
 ■Smithsonian Plant Image Collection
 ■Botanical.com
 ■Jardín Botánico Nacional Dominicano
 ■ WHO Monographs on Selected
Medicinal Plants
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Journals:
Revista Cubana de Plantas
medicinales
 CaHMRI - [Caribbean Herbal Medicine
Research Institute ] Newsletter – UTT [
University of Trinidad and Tobago
 BLACPMA- [Latin American and
Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants]

CARIBBEAN HERBAL
PHARMACOPOEA
 Traditional
Pharmacopoea
and Scientifically validated.
 Electronic [ E- book] - CD
 99 common Caribbean herbs
in this 2007 publication
[Electronic] E- Book
CONTENTS OF E-BOOK
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Forward
Disclaimer
Main Institutional sponsors
Institutions involved in scientific
validation
Introduction
TRAMIL survey methodology
CONTENTS OF E-BOOK
Herbarium codes for TRAMIL vouchers
 Listing of TRAMIL surveys
 Botanical features of the Caribbean
Basin
 TRAMIL quality, safety, and
effectiveness strategy
 Pharmacological assays for verification
of use
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CONTENTS OF E-BOOK
 TRAMIL
principles of
classification
 Sample TRAMIL monograph
 General recommendations
 Monographs of species
CONTENTS OF E-BOOK
 Index
 Collaborations
and other
activities of the TRAMIL
network
 TRAMIL interactive map
 @ and legal notice
Information on the herb = Monograph
Scientific name
 Botanical synonym
 Botanical family
 Local names
 Place of origin and current distribution
 Morphological description of the plant
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Information on the herb = Monograph
 Documentation
of the collected and
identified specimen
 Health problem- plant part used ,
preparation, administration
 Recommendations for use
 Results of the biological assays
Caribbean Labs:
FARMAYA
(Guatemala)
PHYTOBOKAZ
(Guadeloupe)
EDEN HERBS (St. Lucia)
EDEN HERBS
Producing from 1996
– Dr. Gilbertha St Rose
 Registered 1999
 Exporting from 2001
 WWW.EDENHERBS.COM
 WWW.EDENHERBS.CBT.CC

Eden herbs products
Herbal drinks
Teas
Creams
Capsules
Eden herbs products
Common
ailments
Over the counter products
Can be used with other
medication[s]
TISANE
*
Eden Herbs Tisane / Purifier
- 10 CARIBBEAN HERBS FOR GENERAL
CLEANSING
- DETOXIFIES BODY ORGANS
- HERBS TO TARGET YOUR LIVER,
KIDNEY, BLADDER, SKIN, JOINTS,
MUSCLES, RESPIRATORY AND
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACK
- TONIC AS WELL
MIXTURE FOR GAS
MIXTURE FOR GAS
[FLATULENCE]
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PREVENT FORMATION OF GAS
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HELP ELIMINATE GAS
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HELP WITH DIGESTION OF YOUR FOOD
RESPIRATORY MIXTURE
RESPIRATORY MIXTURE

COUGH, COLD, SINUS PROBLEMS

HAY FEVER
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HELP WITH ASTHMA TREATMENT
Some Eden Herbs teas
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DIET TEA FOR WEIGHT LOSS
NEEM TEA
ST. JOHN’S BUSH
CERASEE
LIPPIA ALBA
Justicia secunda
[St. John’s Bush]
 WOMB
AND FALLOPIAN
TUBE CLEANSE
 PERIOD PAINS,
MENSTRUAL CRAMPS
 BETTER FLOW OF MENSES
Momordica charantia
[Cerasee]
Momordica charantia
[Cerasee]
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WIDELY USED IN NEUTRACEUTICAL
INDUSTRY IN SUPPLEMENTS
COMMON HERB IN CARIBBEAN
DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF ABILITY TO
LOWER BLOOD SUGAR
STRONG ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
HELPS TO PREVENT CANCER
WORKS WELL AS LIVER SUPPORT
Azadirachta indica
[Neem]
Azadirachta indica
[Neem]
AGE OLD REMEDY
 IMPORTED AND NOW CULTIVATED IN
CARIBBEAN
 LOTS OF USES
– AGRICULTURE
- IMMUNE SYSTEM SUPPORT
- CANCER PREVENTION
- PROSTATE HEALTH
- DIABETES
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Some Eden herbs creams
Charpentyre[circulation] Cream
 Citonella[insect repellent] Cream Rosemary[ hair and scalp] Cream –
 Casia Lata[ lota and blemish] Cream
 Noni [ pain free] cream
 Neem cream
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Eden herbs capsules
Neem
Cinnamon
Tumeric
CAPSICUM
CARIBBEAN
ASSOCIATION for
PLANT SCIENCE,
INDUSTRY,
COMMERCE and USE
in MEDICINE
OBJECTIVES FOR CAPSICUM
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To support and
encourage the
conservation, cultivation
and propagation of
herbals in the Caribbean.
OBJECTIVES [ CONT]
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To establish networks, linkages
and a forum for the generation,
sharing and exchange of ideas,
products and information among
persons, institutions and
businesses, involved in all aspects
relating to the herbal industry.
OBJECTIVES [ CONT]
 To
promote and maintain
effective integration of the use
of herbals into the health care
system and offer sustainable
and consistent natural products
of high quality, safety and
efficacy .
OBJECTIVES [ CONT]
 To
support and advise on
the training of Practitioners
and Technicians in order to
guarantee compliance with
the established norms and
regulations.
OBJECTIVES [ CONT]
 Encourage
and support
research towards fulfilling
evidence-based use of
herbals and the
development of new
products.
OBJECTIVES [ CONT]
 To
ensure that there are
provisions for protecting the
intellectual property rights
and assets of members and
to ensure that benefits to the
local community accrue.
OBJECTIVES [ CONT]
 To
ensure that the herbal industry
achieves its full potential and
evolves as a competitively viable
business, with its products being
promoted and sold profitably
worldwide.
Committees for CAPSICUM
 Information
/newsletter
 Commercial/Agro-business
 Fund raising
 Documentation/Research
 Constitution/MOU
Commercial/Agro-business
 Lots
-
of opportunities
- Herbal
- Medicinal food
- Food
- Seasonings
- Cosmetic and beauty
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MAY GOD BLESS YOU