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This page is a sortable table of plants used as herbs and/or spices.This includes plants used as seasoning agents in foods or beverages (including teas), plants used for herbal medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components.
In herbalism, a decoction of cornflower is effective in treating conjunctivitis and as a wash for tired eyes. [43] Chrysopogon zizanioides: Vetiver Used for skin care. [44] Cinchona spec. Cinchona Genus of about 38 species of trees whose bark is a source of alkaloids, including quinine.
However, there is also ample mention of the preparation of medical tinctures in the early science of Indian alchemy. [3] Significant progress in alchemy was made in medieval India. An 11th-century Persian chemist and physician named Abū Rayhān Bīrūnī reported [the Indians] have a science similar to alchemy which is quite peculiar to them.
Herbal medicine (also called herbalism, phytomedicine or phytotherapy) is the study of pharmacognosy and the use of medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine. [1]
The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]
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Herbalism can utilize not just stems and leaves but also fruit, roots, bark and gums. [8] Therefore, one suggested definition of an herb is a plant which is of use to humans, [ 8 ] although this definition is problematic since it could cover a great many plants that are not commonly described as herbs.
The history of herbalism is closely tied with the history of medicine from prehistoric times up until the development of the germ theory of disease in the 19th century. Modern medicine from the 19th century to today has been based on evidence gathered using the scientific method .