THE USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE HUMAN CIVILISATIONS

Ştefania Gâdea University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Manastur Street, No. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca
Sorin Vâtcă University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Manastur Street, No. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca
Anamaria Vâtcă University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Manastur Street, No. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/agrisp.v99i3-4.12676

Keywords: medicinal plants, human civilisations, medical literature

Abstract

Since time immemorial, humans have used for their existance natural resources comming from the vegetable and animal world. During numerous successive generations, humans have identified besides edible plants and the ones that had positive effects on their health, the toxic ones. It is estimated that the entire evolution of human developement is connected to the art of curing diseases, through the use of herbs in order to treat various health conditions.

Author Biography

Sorin Vâtcă, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Manastur Street, No. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca

Published

2017-06-27

Issue

Vol. 99 No. 3-4 (2016): AGRICULTURA

Section

Research articles

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