Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) image in public domain. By Patrick Hunt – Any history of the opium poppy, in this case Papaver somniferum or the “sleep-bringing” poppy, must be replete with its known medical use and perhaps equally its less scientific lore. Why it has been known as the “sacred […]
Tag: Ethnobotany
Ötzi the Iceman’s Putative “Medicine Kit” Included Sloe Berry (Prunus Spinosa)
By Patrick Hunt – Ötzi is now the most famous mummy of all time, eclipsing Ramses II and Tut from New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1375-1300 BCE) in his preserved state as well as in his much older chronology. So it is a given that Ötzi research is instrumental to both […]