Healers and Herbs Throughout History

Throughout the ages, people have depended on plants and those who understood them.

An Historical Review of Medicinal Plants’ Usage 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358962/

https://www.planetnatural.com/herb-gardening-guru/history/

The Original Medicinal Plant Gatherers & Conservationists

https://unitedplantsavers.org/the-original-medicinal-plant-gatherers-conservationists/

 

The Hope of Psychedelic Medicines for Mental Health: Massachusetts General Hospital Establishes New Center To Study Psychedelic Mental Health Treatment

https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2021/03/10/mass-general-hospital-center-psychedelic-medicine

https://time.com/5278036/michael-pollan-psychedelic-drugs/

 

Aboriginal bush medicine heals body and soul

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-aborigines-medicine/aboriginal-bush-medicine-heals-body-and-soul-idUSSYD26920420070903

https://hipages.com.au/article/build_a_healing_garden_with_australian_native_plan

Mexico's Curandero Healers Keeping Indigenous Culture Alive

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/mexico/articles/meet-mexicos-curandero-healers-enacting-surgical-miracles/

 

Traditional Healing in the Contemporary African Context

https://afro.com/traditional-healing-in-contemporary-context/

23 Medicinal Plants the Native Americans Used Daily

https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/GA/23MedicinalPlantstheNativeAmericansUsedonaDailyBasis.pdf

Health and Medicine in the Viking Age

http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/health_and_medicine.htm

Ancient medicinal plants of South America

https://www.pnas.org/content/116/23/11087

 

Ancient Ayahuasca found in 1,000-year-old shamanic pouch

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/ancient-hallucinogens-oldest-ayahuasca-found-shaman-pouch

 

Mesopotamia

https://www.ancient.eu/article/687/health-care-in-ancient-mesopotamia/

Ayurvedic Healing Traditions

https://www.britannica.com/science/Ayurveda

https://www.copperh2o.com/blogs/blog/ayurvedic-medicine-origin-history-and-principles

 

10 Great Additions Into Your Daily Recipe

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2016/06/29/top-10-herbs-and-their-health-benefits/

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Ann Kimmerer

https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass

http://www.doebay.net/appeal/Honorable%20Harvest.pdf

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Photo by Calum Lewis on Unsplash