title: De materia medica versus codex alimentarius for the reinforcement of the gynecologic immune system: the case of endometriosis.
abstract: Since the first Pharmacopoeia under the title "De Materia Medica," the importance of the utilization of plants and herbs has been an invaluable medicinal tool successfully employed for strengthening the immune system for combating a number of diseases in general, or assisting fertility and reproductive issues in particular. The beneficial use of herbal extracts, constituting the basis of modern medicines, is lately under the shadow of Codex Alimentarius that threatens, if not properly applied, serious immunity features rendering the host defenseless for intercepting harmful invaders, one of which is the mesenchymal endometriotic stem cell causing endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Association of Greek Immunology Graduates (AGIG), Maroussi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vassiliadis
keywords: Codex Alimentarius; De Materia Medica; endometriosis; immune system; infertility; reproductive issues