Hello, My name is herb: an introduction

Hello,

             My name is Herb. I am a figment of the imaginations of Katie, Jin, Melissa, Aster, and Danielle. I hope you follow me on this blog journey exploring the use of indigenous plants as medicines for both physical and spiritual ailments of the body and mind. Each week I will be illustrating the use of medicinal plants from Asia, Africa, Australia, South and Central America, Europe, and North America (humblest apologies to Antarctica but I have yet to see a penguin use arctic plants for medicinal purposes). I will then make comparisons on these areas’ knowledge. Hopefully this expedition into non-Western medicines will respectfully illustrate the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of indigenous peoples around the world for the Environmental Anthropology class as well as anyone else who wishes to read the sequential blog posts. The desire is to promote reverence for Non-Western medicines that may have been lost during colonialism as well as promote reader inquiries. Always feel free to challenge the creators with any questions you may have or contribute pieces of your own knowledge.

Herb on,

Herb (Katie, Jin, Melissa, Aster,and Danielle)