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== The concept of Homeopharma ==
[[Homeopharma]] is a pharmaceutical establishment approved by the [http://www.sante.gov.mg Ministry of Health] that is specialised in herbal medicine, aromatherapy, renewal of traditional medicine and homeopathy. Located in [[Antananarivo]], its CEO and founder [[Jean Claude Ratsimivony]] is a symbolic figure of the Big Island known for its long -standing commitment to innovation in the field of wellness and health. Homeopharma employs 490 workers and uses over 1,500 plants in the production of its natural products.
[[File:Homeopharma logo large.png|300px|thumb|left|Homeopharma logo]]
In Madagascar, Homeopharma's presence include a total of 45 institutes where the final products are offered at modest prices, so as to allow all Malagasy people to benefit from the preventive and curative properties of their products. These institutes also offer care and free advice. They practise relaxing or slimming massages with essential oils, amongst them the best in the world such as [[ravintsara]] or [[katrafay]], all resulting from aromatic plants.
A massage of not longer than 20 minutes is the time needed for a quality essential oil to be traced back to the taste buds of the tongue when applied to the soles of the feet. Thanks to its extraordinary power of penetration, it quickly breaks through the skin to reach the bloodstream and with it back to the tongue, as it could reach any other organ that we would aim for, before being totally dissolved in the body. A true miracle!
'''How do you get this aromatic substance?'''
In most cases by steam distillation at low temperature and low pressure. This technique allows to extract most of the active substances from the plant. Before distillation they are called essence. After it is called essential oil. Only 10% of plants produce an essence. And if when this is the latter and case, although the essence can be found throughout the plant, it is mainly concentrated in a single organ, such as root, rhizome, wood, bark, leaf, stem, flower, seed or fruit. These are the organs from which essential oil is obtained.
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'''The essential oils of Homeopharma'''
This wild environment ensures the quality of the soil and under the management of Jean Claude Ratsimivony, CEO of Homeopharma, our their essential oils are tested and guaranteed in our their laboratory to be of the highest quality.
[[File:Jean Claude Ratsimivony 001.jpg|thumb|300px|Jean Claude Ratsimivony, Founder and CEO of Homeopharma and Green Club]]
Without the wild environment, the synergy between species would be lost. Plants need to breathe and sense. We must listen to Jean Claude, the modest grandson of a medical doctor and depository of remedies collected by his grandfather from traditional healers, who will tell you about the plants, their sensitivity, their stress before a cyclone. Resting time, which allows the plants to regenerate between pickings, is also respected and can reach up to four years depending on the species! Harvesting of plant organs is done in jute or cotton bags to prevent maceration. Partial drying is necessary in case of rain in order to reduce the amount of water contained in the plant. And if so, we will only dry one type of plant will be dried at the time to avoid contamination and to ensure the right balance of chemical properties.
In short, the plants are treated for the treasures they are. And it doesn't stop there! Distillation over a wood fire, most of the time, is another added value to the Malagasy essential oils. In other countries it is done with regular gas heat. But firewood allows a variation of temperature which leads to a more complete extraction. The large molecules of the plants do not extract at a constant temperature if using gas. To be convinced of the importance of this, one needs only to observe the technicians at the Homeopharma distillery in [[Ambila]] on the [[Canal des Pangalanes]] on Madagascar's east coast. Their work procedure involves adding a piece of wood to light the fire and thereafter removing it to reach the desired temperature, causing a gradual temperature change.
