Prehistoric Herbal Medicine | Historical Herbal

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:

Part 2: Otsi the iceman:

Part 3: The healers

[jasminesheriff]

This was great, thank you for putting this together, especially starting in prehistoric times. You hear alot about herbs used throughout history (at least you do if you study herbalism!) But not so much about how and if they were used in neanderthal times. It is amazing and humbling to realize that even in times modern people think of as primitive or animalistic, humans had such instincts as to know that plants are here with us for many reasons, not just food for animals and such. We all have it in our dna to regain those instincts and oneday I hope we will (although we will probably be forced to and not just as a thirst to reconnect sadly).
Coincedentally, I just started a book called Witches, Midwives, and Nurses A History of Women Healers. It too relates to early cultures and how universally people used plants as medicine without ever needed to confur with each other. So cool!

[mintiparrett]

This was even better than I imagined. I’m excited to hear more! Thank you.

[siberianfastfood]

Very interesting ! Glad YouTube suggested me your channel. Looking forward to hearing more about historical herbal medicine.

[FeelGreatwithChristie]

I’m so glad I found this channel. Thank you ❤

[wendyfarrall]

So interesting Thank you looking forward to the next episode 🙏

[loradietmeyer]

I enjoyed your video and love learning about this. I wish my elders had known about the power of plants.

[OneGenMedia]

Wow . I loved it . And your voice is nice to listen to . Only going to get better 👌well presented Shannon

[craigandrewcantin]

Great first episode. Looking forward to more! :)

[vampyr]

This was really interesting, can’t wait for more! Thank you so much!
I wonder how much trial and error went into those early discoveries!? That’d be fascinating to hear about! (I wouldn’t want to be part of a Neanderthal clinical trial!)

[dcfromthev]

As a plant and mushroom super nerd, and a beginner home medicine maker, I love this video! I want more!

[muhammedadilshatp]

Dude I am just randomly check the video.But it's really worth. ❤ keep going 🎉

[lizdavidson]

This was so interesting and I love the way you deliver it. I'd love to see an episode on herbal medicines used by the Vikings.

[YanSaptaBachtiar]

channel ini membuka pikiran saya untuk lebih mendalami pengobatan alami ... trims !!

[jayjones]

Jean Auels Clan of the Cave Bear series covers the evolution of healers among early man,

[nevercatnorcradle]

wonderful video, you're brilliant

[maryamkhan]

where is your list of references? I would to read more!

[nelliesfarm]

Since when is the word, " herb" pronounced with an h? I keep hearing this...the h is SILENT

[franceslinhart-rucks]

put name of plants on video so we know how to spell it

[franceslinhart-rucks]

can not make out words not the name of plants being said