Angelica

Angelica is known for its digestive, tonic and antispasmodic properties. The smell of this plant is characteristic because it is very aromatic and has a pungent, slightly spicy flavour.

Gentian

Gentian is used as a flavouring in bitters, the root yields bitter substances that stimulate the production of gastric juices which aid digestion.

Galangal

Plant native to China, imported by Marco Polo to Venice. Known for its stimulant, digestive, carminative and stomachic properties. Possesses properties similar to ginger.

Rhubarb

The rhizome of rhubarb is a regulator of digestive functions, stimulates biliary secretion, and therefore has aperient, digestive and liver-purifying properties.

Mauve

Plant used since the Middle Ages for its depurative properties. Its active principles, contained in the leaves, stimulate intestinal regularity, helping the colon to perform its task of purifying the body.

Cinnamon

Of Cinnamon we use the crushed bark. An oriental plant, it was already present as a remedy for many ailments in Chinese herbals some 2,700 years ago. Greeks and Romans used it as a digestive aid. Cinnamon not only adds flavour to dishes and drinks, but also helps break down fats in the digestive system by enhancing certain digestive enzymes.

Gonolobus

Plant known for its bitter-tonic, aperitif and gastric analgesic properties. Indicated against gastric pains and in dyspepsia.

Myrrh

Already in use in both Greece and Rome before Christ, it is used for its disinfectant properties of the digestive system and intestinal tract.

Rue

Of Rue, the tenderest terminal parts of the plant and the leaves harvested from May to August are used. Very aromatic, digestive, good for preventing air in the belly and intestinal spasms because it stimulates gastric activity and counteracts fermentation.