The argan tree/Argania /Arganie spinosa)
The argan tree is one the oldest trees in the world with 25 million years. Nowadays he only grows on a surface of 8.000 km in the south-west of Morocco. The Argania is extinct in other regions worldwide. Some people assume that this special tree is only able to survive under a specific combination between climate, mountains and the desert, that’s why there are only a limited number of these trees in the south-west of Morocco. Not only because of his rarity, but rather because of the high social and cultural meaning for the native population – the Berber – the growth area, of this in danger of extinction tree, was protected by the UNESCO since 1998 and declared as biosphere reserve. Currently the argan tree serves a basis of existence for ca. 2 million Berbers. 10 trees of argan can feed one person.
Rosa Damascena
The knowledge of the healing and beauty supporting effect existed long time ago before our calculation of times. In India the Gulab (Rose) attar was known already since millenniums as a cure and in Arabia people used to bath in rosewater to deduce the sweating and to glaze the skin.
Der römische Schriftsteller Plinius d. Ä. (23-79 n. Chr.) schrieb getrockneten Rosen Linderung bei Zahnschmerz zu. Dioskurides (1. Jh. n. Chr.) empfahl Abkochungen von Rosenblättern gegen Kopfschmerzen. Der griechische Arzt Galen (5. Jh. n. Chr.) verordnet Rosensalbe gegen Pubertätsflecken und Rosenwasser zum Lindern bei Verletzungen. Im 12. Jh. n. Chr. rät Hildegard von Bingen zur Auflage von Rosenblättern bei entzündeten Augen. Und Paracelsus (16. Jh. n. Chr.) verwendete die Rose im „Specificum Odoriferum“ – einem Wohlgeruch zur Krankenbehandlung – und nutzte sie bei Schläfrigkeit, Kopfschmerz und Mattigkeit während Infektionen.
