by Ance Dandena
Medicinal plants in ancient times
The Stone Age began about 2.6 million years ago, when the first humans started making tools. The first evidence of medicinal plants also dates back to the Stone Age: common yarrow, blue shoe, common duckweed, caraway, coltsfoot, meadowsweet, cress, purslane and many others were used medicinally during the Neolithic (New Stone Age). Some of the edible plants used in the Neolithic period also had medicinal properties, such as lake nuts, yellow lentil root, nettles, marigolds and horsetail.
