Phytomedicines

Lisan Laboratories, through its Lisanatura line, produces and commercializes plant medicines under the regulations of the Ministry of Public Health of Costa Rica for Natural Products (Regulations N°29317S). Plant medicines are obtained through modern production and industrial technology, and they contain a standardized extract of the biologically active component of the plant.

Lisan works with plant suppliers that guarantee to the company the quality of the materials, respect for the environment, sustainability of the crops, and adequate remuneration of the workers.Currently

Lisanatura has 1 product selling without prescription in all of the pharmacies and drugstores of the country:

Q-assia, the Natural Ally for your Digestion (Quassia amara) Quassia amara has been used in Europe since the XVIII Century as an appetizer, a diuretic, and against dyspepsia. It is part of a list of plants included in the French Pharmacopea.Having always been extracted from the tropical forests without any concern for its regeneration and survival, Quassia amara is now cultivated in situ respecting the environmental conditions of the Costa Rican Caribbean humid tropical forest.Quassina is the most important active ingredient of Quassia amara, and it accounts for at least 60% of the quassinoides (bitter taste) present in the bark

Quassina stimulates the muscular fibers of the digestic tube and the excretive bile canal. It also activates the normal secretion of the mucus. The bark of the plant has the highest levels of quassina in the Simaroubaceae family and other bitter plants

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