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Before pharmacology, there was herbalism -- the study and medical use of plants. Most documented herbal know-how concerns Eurasian plants, with the most scientific study done under German auspices. However, in the Southwest and Mexico indigenous use of native botanicals continues. To learn more about uses of the plants around us, you can refer to these resources: Michael Moore's Southwest School of Botanical Medicine and the Arizona Ethnobotanical Research Association.