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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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,...

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,...