Description
Herb task:
Choose a medicinal herb (for our purposes, any plant used medicinally) to learn more about.This would be some portion of a plant that is purported to better the health of the human body.Write a paper that answers the following:
What is the history of the medicinal use of the herb?
Has the plant been used by native or aboriginal peoples?
Has it been used for pre-modern medicine (1600-1900)?
Has there been any scientific research on the claims of the herb?
- Find actual scientific studies from journal articles
NOT reports on websites
- Minimally you should have two scientific studies
- Can either support or not support its use
- What are the potential dangers of the herb?
Dangerous side-effects?
Lack of efficacy?
- Interactions with other drugs?
Knowing what you do after this research, would you yourself take this herb if your health warranted it?
