Herbalism Human beings have been using plants for healing long before scientists started manufacturing products from plants. One of the first known texts on medicinal plant use was used by Ancient Egyptians and is called the “Ebers Papyrus; it dates back to 1500 BC and contains over seven-hundred medicinal solutions (Krohn)”. Great philosophers like Aristotle even wrote about and studied medicinal plants. Aristotle also created his own list of medicinal plants. “Hippocrates, 460-380 BC, known as the “Father of Medicine,” he discusses between three-hundred and four-hundred species (“Medicinal Botany”). Medicinal plants have and are continuing to be used by every culture around the world. In a town called Sitka, Alaska is a plant well know and held in high regards. It is the plant known as Devil’s Club. It has been used by the Tlingit people the name meaning people of the tides. The Tlingit people have used
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The Ojibwe culture ate a medicinal plant known as Meadow Anemone “The Ojibwe ate the root to clear the throat for singing, for lumbar pain, and to treat wounds and sores (Cole 25)”. Another plant that is well known today and used to heal severe wounds by drinking it as a tea is Black Cohosh. For example, it was used in healing for rattlesnake bites, gynecological problem and childbirth. “Native Americans used an infusion made from St. John’s Wort for fevers and dysentery (Cole 28)”. White Pine is a native plant to Eastern North America and has been named the “Tree of Peace” by the Iroquois band of tribes. It has been used for its healing properties by many Native American tribes and even in the United Kingdom. “A poultice made from the inner bark was used to treat wounds, sores or ulcers (Cole 28)”. Several tribes use many of the same healing herbs and plants for similar ailments and to aid in the healing of life threatening
The Ojibwe culture ate a medicinal plant known as Meadow Anemone “The Ojibwe ate the root to clear the throat for singing, for lumbar pain, and to treat wounds and sores (Cole 25)”. Another plant that is well known today and used to heal severe wounds by drinking it as a tea is Black Cohosh. For example, it was used in healing for rattlesnake bites, gynecological problem and childbirth. “Native Americans used an infusion made from St. John’s Wort for fevers and dysentery (Cole 28)”. White Pine is a native plant to Eastern North America and has been named the “Tree of Peace” by the Iroquois band of tribes. It has been used for its healing properties by many Native American tribes and even in the United Kingdom. “A poultice made from the inner bark was used to treat wounds, sores or ulcers (Cole 28)”. Several tribes use many of the same healing herbs and plants for similar ailments and to aid in the healing of life threatening