Visit of the gardens of drugs and medicinal plants of the Cloister of the Recollets in Metz

Name: Visit of the gardens of drugs and medicinal plants of the Cloister of the Recollets in Metz
Start: 2022-06-03T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-06-04T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Cloître des Récollets

Visit dedicated to the school public, Friday, and free and free visit for all public, Saturday.

3 and 4 June 2022Passed

Conditions

Guided tours upon registration for schools on Friday 3 June at a preferential rate of 50 € per class - Free and free visit on Saturday 4 June for the general public

Registration

03 87 74 88 89

Société Française d'Ethnopharmacologie

Toxic Plant Garden
Presentation of about forty toxic plants that serve as raw material to the pharmacy for the preparation of drugs. Poisons in high doses, they contain substances that, at low doses, will become drugs prescribed by doctors.
Jardin des Plantes Médicinales - 89 species classified according to their traditional therapeutic indications validated by the Ministry of Health (Afssaps).
He returned to his original vocation: the cultivation of plants that monks used to treat diseases. Formerly known as the garden of singles, it gathers non-toxic plants usable by all for their recognized therapeutic properties after scientific study in the laboratory.

About the location

Cloître des Récollets

1, rue des Récollets, Metz, Moselle, Grand Est

Moselle
Grand Est

The garden of the medicinal plants of the Recollets is located in the heart of the city, in the shade of the sharp arches of the Franciscan cloister of the thirteenth century. The hundred or so plants presented have, all, recognized traditional therapeutic properties. The garden reconnects with its original vocation: the cultivation of medicinal plants, which the monks used to treat the sick.