Study Guide
Lesson 9 Medicinal plants
Define Medicinal plants: plants used as medicine to treat and heal ailments or diseases
Core content The San had a thorough knowledge of their environment. They knew all the plants; not necessarily the names but what they could be used for. They used several plants to treat
wounds and to heal the sick.
Some examples of medicinal plants:
Hoodia gordonii San hunters chewed this plant when they
went hunting to relieve their hunger and thirst.
Image 2.7.1: Hoodia
Artemisia afra The San boiled this plant and drank the
extract to prevent diseases such as colds
and flu.
Image 2.7.2: African Wormwood
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