Macedonian Veterinary Review (May 2010)
The use of medical plants from past till now
Abstract
Healing with medical plants is old not more than the mankind. Connection between the man and his tracing for drugs in the nature dates from the past, for what various sources in frame of i.e. written information’s, preserved monuments even though and original plant medicines, give evidence. Consciousness for the use of medical plants are result from the many years struggles with illnesses from which man was informed to discover the drugs in the barks, seeds, fruits and other parts of the plants. For many drugs with plant origin, which are familiar with the ancient civilizations and were used through the millenniums, contemporary science acknowledged their active acting and placed them in the modern pharmacotherapy. Introduction with the ideas connected with the use of medical plants, and evolution of the consciousness increased the ability of the pharmacists and physicians to respond to the challenges which appeared with the spreading of the professional services in the facilitating of the man’s life.
