Tales of Shamans Apprentice Book Review

Tales of Shaman’s Apprentice Book Review
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Tales of Sham’s Apprentice Book Review
This review is for the book “TALES OF SHAMAN’S APPRENTICE “, by Mark Plotkin. The historical approach of pharmaceutical companies began with the appreciation of the existing traditional knowledge. They needed to know more about different types of plants as well as their uses to make medicines. However, in the 1930s, they took a new path with the advent of the synthetic chemistry. It was later cemented in the 1950s when laboratory-bred “wonder drugs” for instance, the sulfonamides were introduced. Because of such tremendous advancements in the science field, pharmaceutical companies lost interest in using natural plants as the basis of new medications.
Shaman’s pharmaceuticals have a different approach in that it is regarded as moral and a true way of finding cures. These treatments are not limited to colds only but can even treat complicated potential diseases. The company is located in San Carlos as Plotkin writes in this book. Mark states that Lisa has garnered support from the advocates of the indigenous rights as well as ventures capitalist. Her work has also received recommendations from physicians, biochemists and ethnobotanist. Mark also mentions a non-profit organization called Healing Forest Conservatory.
The organization ensures that the profit made from the potential medicines go back to the indigenous people. Through such a hands-on technique, the indigenous people get a sense of worth. The main objective of doing this is to ensure that the knowledge and the legacies of these wise men and wome...