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.
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 2-4 page double spaced 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?
Use the search technique you used last semester and try to find actual scientific sources (journal articles, scientific books or, very sparingly, scientific web sites).
Avoid Wikipedia and other Encyclopedias, as well as sites that sell herbal products!
Cite in Author-date CSE style
Answer preview 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.
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