International Society for Ethnopharmacology

Welcome to the website of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology.

We are a collaborative, interdisciplinary group of scientists – anthropologists, pharmacists, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, phytochemists, and others – all fascinated by the study of the global use of medicines.

We are particularly concerned about understanding the medicinal uses of plants in traditional societies. We seek to understand the cultural and the pharmacological dimensions of human medicinal plant use everywhere.

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The rarely known traditional knowledge on well-known medicinal plants: a case study of Panax notoginseng

Guomao Wu (1, 2), Jin Wang (1, 2), Lei Lin (1, 2), Haowen Feng (1, 2), Hui Wang (1, 2), Yuhua Wang (1), Ruyu Yao (1) (1) Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Health Plant Resources Development & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute...
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Bridging Ancient Wisdom with Modern Biotechnology: The Revival of Traditional Medicine

Domenico Delfino Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Pharmacology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy In 1957, Mario Monicelli's film "The Doctor and the Sorcerer" depicted a poignant struggle between traditional medicine (TM) and science, symbolizing...
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History, Ethnopharmacology and Therapeutic Potential of Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso & Poit.)

Sabrina Adorisioa, Isabella Muscarib, Alessandra Fierabraccic, Trinh Thi Thuyd, Maria Cristina Marchettib, Emira Ayroldib & Domenico Vittorio Delfinob aFoligno Nursing School, University of Perugia, Foligno, Italy; bDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Section of...
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Volkswagen Summer school 2023 – A Photo Essay

Speakers and attendees of the VW Summer School 2023 at the Future Africa Campus of the University of Pretoria, South Africa (May 15-19th 2023)   Namrita Lalla, Anna-Mari Koka, Günter Vollmerb, Rochelle de Kocka and Bianca Diedericksa a Medicinal Plant Sciences,...
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Growing Dendrobium on Betel Nut Tree in Taiwan – A Photo Essay

Hong-Rong Yen (1), Yuan-Shiun Chang (1), Jui-Yu Hsieh (2), Wu-Chang Chuang (3), Chao-Ling Kuo (1), and Yu-Ling Ho (4) College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Taiwan Fong-Man Farm, Nantou, Taiwan Sun Ten TCM Pharmaceutical Company,...
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Use of barley among the Shuhi

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Ethnopharmacology of the Popoluca

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A story of goji told by traditional papercut

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On the traces of Dioscorides – Collecting Mediterranean materia medica

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Portrait of traditional healers in Cambodia and their remedies

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