“Do you remember the time when Silphion was so cheap?”– Aristophanes, Knights, 890. For centuries, on the coins minted in the most important Greek colony in Africa, the protagonist was a plant. This plant, called Silphion, was not only the source of one of the most prized spices in classical [...]
Pharmacognosy: Study about the physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological implications of natural substances for medicinal purposes. “Like vervain, mugwort is associated with the festival of Midsummer in a number of areas from China to Europe. But if vervain is the daytime herb of Midsummer, mugwort is the night side—a Midsummer [...]
“The old dream”. That’s what Jerónimo Mazarrasa, a member of the ICEERS Foundation team, called it one day in a chat group focused on ethnobotany topics. And it stuck with me. I had been experimenting with an electronic book management software that included a powerful search engine, thinking about using [...]
