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Herbs an Illuminating History - from a South African Perspective

The practise of herb-gardening can be percent of the worlds population rely on
traced as far back as 4000 years ago in traditional plant based medicine, and 25
Egypt. Herb growing was often associated percent of prescription drugs contain
with temples, which required herbs for plant extract. The USA's interest in
daily worship and ritual. Queen medicinal herbs has increased by 100
Hatshepsut (d. 1482BC imported percent since 1995 and similar increases
frankincense (Boswellia sacra) and myrrh have been seen in other countries across
( Commiphora myrrha) from Arabia, and the globe.A resurgence of interest has
cornflowers ( Centaurea cyanus), poppies meant that consumers are finding herbs in
(Papaver spp), mandrakes (Mandragora the food industry, dietary supplements,
spp), figs (Ficus spp), and lotuses teas, skin and hair-care products and
(Nymphaea lotus) appear in many wall aromatics. Culinary herbs have exploded
paintings. From as early as 305AD into every kitchen thanks to the likes of
herb-gardening was second only to prayer Jamie Oliver and other TV cookery
in the monastic regime. Monasteries were chefs.The lives of people and herbs are
largely self-sufficient in produce, so closely linked that we often forget
placing special emphasis on herbs to heal the power they posses. The Swiss
the sick. Herbs were also used to flavor physician and alchemist Paracelus
a vegetarian diet as well as the brewing (c.1493-1541) wrote that " All substances
and distillation of ale, wine and are poisons; there is none which is not
liqueurs such as Benedictine, and the poison. The right dose differentiates a
cosmetic Carmelite water which was based poison and a remedy." Plants like Opium
on Melissa officinalis. In the 16th Poppy (Papver somniferum) and Coca
century, herb gardens were planted by the (Erythroxylum coca) have been the cause
universities for the purpose of teaching of many wars throughout history. Life
botany and medicine, subjects that were saving plants like Quinine (Cinchona
inextricably linked until separated by Species) have prevented and treated
advances in science during the 18th malaria since the era of colonial
century. Physic gardens as they were expansion. Meadowsweet (Filipendula
commonly known were to be found at many ulmaria) provided the basis for
universities throughout Europe. Herbs acetylsalicylic acid produced in 1899,
were planted in alphabetical order and as and was named aspirin after (Spirea
new species were brought back by colonial ulmaria) which was the old name for
explorers and botanical knowledge (Filipendula ulmaria). Aspirin is the
expanded, physic gardens housed a far world's most widely used drug.People all
greater range of plants and became the over the world have picked, uprooted and
botanic gardens we know today.Even though used herbs since ancient times. Of the
herbs have their roots in centuries gone 250,000 species of flowering plants in
by they are not a thing of the past. the world, more than 20,000 are recorded
Thanks to the hippies of the 1960's and as herbs, and in these numbers lies our
1970's herbs have made a serious come greatest hope of finding new drugs to
back in the last decade. Approximately 80 combat disease.




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