hasn’t been done with the level of accuracy that you would need for a medicinal drug,” she explains. “A common mistake would be to study different plant species in the same family ...

scientists were primarily concerned with the isolation of medicinal agents found in plants. Today, scientists in this field are also equally concerned with the creation of new synthetic drug compounds ...

But before you start foraging, be sure to read through Mountaineers Books’ 2024 offering, “Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest: A Visual Guide to Harvesting and Healing with 35 Common Species.” ...