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pharmakon

greek word of drug, medicine or remedy

gignosko/ gignosco

acquire a knowledge of

pharmacognosy

study of crude drugs obtain from plants,animals and mineral kingdom

Organized


Crude Drugs

contains cellular tissues : direct part of plant

Asipu

Magical: Magicians

Asu

Empirical

CA Seydler

coined the term pharmacognosy from pharmakon and and gnosis in Analecta Pharmacognistica

Theophrastus

Father of Botany