They called it folklore for a thousand years. Modern biology just called it pharmacology.

From Root to Ritual by Laritelle Organic. In the Tang Dynasty — somewhere between 618 and 907 CE — Chinese physicians were prescribing a dark, bitter root for a specific cluster of symptoms: greying hair, thinning strands, the gradual diminishment of what they called "essence." The root was Polygonum multiflorum . The texts that described its effects read, in the language of the era, like poetry. Read in the language of 2026 molecular bio... Read the full article: https://laritelleorganic.com/blogs/news/they-called-it-folklore-for-a-thousand-years-modern-biology-just-called-it-pharmacology