Ethnopharmacology
The Ethnopharmacology also: Ethnobotany is the science of traditional pharmacology of foreign peoples. The Ethnopharmacology investigated eg medical or ritual use of plants and animals as well as the cultural background of use. Special interest mostly enjoy entheogenic drugs, which are used in connection with shamanism.
Well-known researchers
- Adolfo Andrade
- Michael Heinrich ( pharmacologist )
- Terence McKenna
- Jeremy Narby
- Christian Rätsch
- Joachim Sterly
- Alain Touwaide
- Markus Berger