EthnoPharmacology.

Is not as simple as isolating the active ingredient from a plant.

Apart from the fact lots of these plants in their raw form are poisonous :

making useful drugs for a population requires planning and sufficient raw material.

"We have to develop drug strategies, and considerations of treating large numbers of people have to be taken into account,"


Michael Heinrich, professor of  PharmaCognosy (medicinal plant research) at UCL.....

"We need to get rid of the whiff of homeopathy :

and give old remedies the credit they deserve."  8)

Both the Ancient Egyptians and Hipocrates recommended using the bark of a willow tree for pain relief.
Its effectiveness was eventually proven in a study by the Royal Society in 1763.
But it was not until 1915 that drugs giant Bayer started selling it over the counter :
as Aspirin. 

Nargis and Mapoui should join forces and open an Apothecary !  8)

include Belle !