Any number of current medicines trace their ancestry back to plants/herbs:
Aspirin – willow tree bark
Digitalis – foxglove
are two off the top of my head.
crazy me – MY OPINION – if you could present maybe an herb every couple of weeks or so in terms of common name and maybe a short blurb as to what it’s good for and a URL pointing to detail info you’d forever be on my good list. << Gee, it’s easy to ask other people to do stuff isn’t it? 🙂 >>
I used to have a knowledgeable, gracious, and kind Herbalist internet friend known as Goat Lady who put up my questions. Sadly, she is no longer with us but I do try to keep her memory alive by mentioning her