“…More than five thousand years ago, Egyptians were already using plants we use today as natural ingredients for cosmetics, such as thyme, chamomile, lavender, lily, peppermint, rosemary, and aloe, and the practice was later adopted by Roman and Greek civilizations ( Gonzalez-Minero and Bravo-Diaz, 2018 ). The knowledge on the use of plants to treat the skin has been preserved through the centuries not only in populations living in rural areas but even in highly industrialized countries of Europe; through interviews of local people, tens of species of local plants are often identified as ailments in each study and the knowledge resides with the women of the community ( Quave et al., 2008 ; Ambu et al., 2020 ; Miraldi et al., 2017 ; Pieroni and Cattero, 2019 ; Voeks, 2007 ; Zobolo and Mkabela, 2006 ). These studies often, however, denounce a loss of knowledge with the generations.…”