Erva baleeira (Cordia verbenacea) 1 liter

Erva baleeira

(Cordia verbenacea)

1 liter Herbal extract

A plant native to the Atlantic Rainforest, known locally as erva-baleeira or maria-milagrosa, forms the basis of an anti-inflammatory that had already received clearance from the National Agency for Sanitary Vigilance (Anvisa) and is scheduled to arrive in the pharmacies during this semester. “This will be the first anti-inflammatory remedy made from the extract of a Brazilian plant, the Cordia verbenacea“, says José Roberto Lazzarini, the medicine and research and development director of Aché, the company that is going to launch the product in the form of a cream with the commercial name of Acheflan. “Medicinal plant anti-inflammatory products exist, but they come from other origins such as Africa and other countries”. Patented in Brazil and abroad, the new product belongs to the class of phyto-medications, medicines that have within their composition only the active ingredient extracted from plants. By the Anvisa regulations, they can never be mixed with the main synthetic active ingredients, vitamins or minerals. And the same rules applied for the production of medicines must be followed for those of phyto-medications, such as proof of their efficiency and safety. “In clinical tests, Acheflan proved to be efficient and safe for cases of chronic tendinitis and myofascial pain when compared with the main anti-inflammatory on the market, which has as its main active ingredient the diclofenac potassium”, says Reynaldo Jesus-Garcia Filho, head of the discipline of Orthopedics at the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) and the coordinator of the university’s research program. Myofascial pain has as its most evident symptom persistent muscular pains.