Prehistoric Herbal Medicine | Historical Herbal

Описание: Welcome to the first episode of Historical Herbal. This is a passion project of mine that I’ve had in my head for a very long time. I wanted to combine my love for herbalism with my love for history and this channel was born. This video started as a research rabbit hole that I fell down, I hope you’ll enjoy the decent with me!

Herbs mentioned:
Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Chamomile - Matricaria chamomilla L
Birch polypore mushroom – Fomitopsis betulina
Sloe berries - Prunus spinosa

Chapters:
00:00 intro
02:12 Part 1 Paleolithic
11:41 Part 2 Ptzi the Iceman
15:08 Part 3 the healers
19:32 Conclusion
21:12 outtakes

NOTE: I lost a number of these references in 2024 when I had a technical snafoo and lost ALL Youtube work for historical herbal and the other series that I am still trying to rebuild. Hence this reference list is incomplete. Please accept my deepest apologies and I will try to amend this as I recover more.

References:
Part 1:
Hardy K. (2019) Paleomedicine and the use of plant secondary compounds in the Paleolithic and Early Neolithic. Evolutionary Anthropology. 2019;1–12. https://doi. org/10.1002/evan.21763
A. Rosas, C. Martínez-Maza, M. Bastir, A. García-Tabernero, C. Lalueza-Fox, R. Huguet, J.E. Ortiz, R. Julià, V. Soler, T. de Torres, E. Martínez, J.C. Cañaveras, S. Sánchez-Moral, S. Cuezva, J. Lario, D. Santamaría, M. de la Rasilla, J. Fortea, Paleobiology and comparative morphology of a late Neandertal sample from El Sidrón, Asturias, Spain, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 (51) 19266-19271, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0609662104 (2006).
The Kurdish Project: https://thekurdishproject.org/history...
Shipley GP, Kindscher K. Evidence for the Paleoethnobotany of the Neanderthal: A Review of the Literature. Scientifica (Cairo). 2016;2016:8927654. doi: 10.1155/2016/8927654. Epub 2016 Oct 24. PMID: 27843675; PMCID: PMC5098096. (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...)
Vella, Y, V (2019) RESEARCH PROPOSAL: Evidence of Intentional Self Medication in Neanderthals Using Dental Calculus Analysis on Shanidar IV https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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Part 2: Otsi the iceman:
Penn Museum : https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedit...
Science: https://www.science.org/content/artic...
Tattoos may have been acupuncture: https://www.livescience.com/63682-otz...
Albert Zink, Marco Samadelli, Paul Gostner, Dario Piombino-Mascali (2019) Possible evidence for care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman, International Journal of Paleopathology, Volume 25, 2019, Pages 110-117, ISSN 1879-9817, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.0.... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
South Tyrol Museum of Archeology https://www.iceman.it/en/the-iceman/

Part 3: The healers
Hardy, K. Paleomedicine and the Evolutionary Context of Medicinal Plant Use. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 31, 1–15 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43450-020-00...
https://tek.forestry.oregonstate.edu/...