What’s in a name? Encoding the medicinal uses of plants into traditional nomenclature

$30.00

This 60 minute presentation by Dr Sandra Clair In today’s herbal therapies much focus is placed on the understanding of plant constituents, many of which have been chemically deciphered since the 19th century. In pre-modern times, however, users of medicinal plants were precise observers of plant actions. The empirically noted effects were often encoded into the vernacular or medical names of plants. This talk provides some examples and explores how traditional plant names stack up with modern scientific research. Please note there are no slides available for this audio recording.

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