Wybrane wiadomości z etnobotaniki i etnofarmacji. karty z dziejow lecznictwa naturalnego

Selected issues from ethnobotany and ethno-pharmacy. Pages from the history of natural medicineThe article presents a brief history of natural medicine based on substances derived from plants, practiced in the world from the earliest days up until the era of presentday chemistry-based pharmaceuticals. The unusual properties of phytotherapy applied from the ancient times in various cultural and civilizational communities have been shown. The author describes the means available to the ancients, as well as the experiments and discoveries made by scholars of later ages. Attention was paid to the observations important for the development of medicine, medical anthropology and ethnobotany.