1. Medical Botany Introduction: History of Plant Use in Medicine

2. History Prehistoric times Recorded history Sumerian clay tablets Ancient Egypt Edwin Smith Papyrus Ebers Papyrus Hearst Papyrus Kahun Gynecological Papyrus

3. Portion of Ebers Papyrus

4. More History Ancient China (Pun-tsao) Ancient India (Rig-Veda basis for Ayurvedic medicine) Foundations of Western Medicine -- Ancient Greece and Rome Hippocrates Theophastus Dioscorides Galen

5. Illustrations from De Materia Medica

6. Ancient Greek Coins with Silphium (or Silphion - Ferula)

8. History continues Fall of Rome – 476 A.D. Middle Ages First Apothecary Shops Avicenna (Ibn Sina (980-1037 A.D.) Age of Herbals Doctrine of Signatures

10. Path to modern medicine Medicine and botany 18 th Century William Withering 19 th Century 20 th Century Early 21 st Century

11. Growth of Alternative Medicine Complementary and Alternative Medicine - CAM aromatherapy, acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic manipulation, herbal medicine, hypnosis, massage therapy, and many others Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 expanded the category of dietary supplements to include other products such as herbs, other botanicals, amino acids, and metabolites

12. Traditional (herbal) medicine today People's Republic of China India Other areas Tropical rain forests WHO interest