Saturday, February 4, 2012

Oldest Use of Herbs



Iraq Neanderthal burial site, Shanidar IV, contains large amounts of pollen from 8 plant species,7 of which are used now as herbal remedies

Egypt 1000 BC: Records show they used Garlic, Opium, Castor Oil, Coriander Mint, Indigo. Perfumes.

India 700 medicinal plants recorded in the Sushruta Samhita , which made its way to Arabia.

China Shennong pen Ts’ao ching or Great Herbal (Han Dynasty and earlier, possibly 2700 BC, 365 medicinal plants and their uses

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