title: Paleopharmacology and pollen: theory, method, and application.
abstract: Parasitism was a universal human condition. Because of this, people developed herbal medicines to treat parasites as part of their pharmacopoeias. We propose that it is possible to recover evidence of medicinal plants from archaeological sites and link their use to specific health conditions. This is a multidisciplinary approach that must involve at least paleoethnobotanists, archaeoparasitologists, paleopathologists, and pharmacologists.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Ecologia, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública-Fiocruz, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. smiranda@ensp.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Sérgio Augusto
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: de Miranda Chaves
authors.forename: Karl J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Reinhard
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D027462:Chenopodium; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry*; D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000266:history*; D011058:Pollen