The Origins of Herbal Medicine

How could ancient people, without microscopes or labs, understand the healing powers of so many plants? Some point to empirical methods—animal behavior, generations of trial and error. Others look deeper: intuition, dreams, or knowledge passed on by beings beyond our world. Did early healers truly rely only on observation—or were they tapping into a source of wisdom still shrouded in mystery? In the age of synthetic medicine, we ask: where did herbal knowledge really come from?