... The therapeutic use of plants in the Indian and Chinese tradition is described as dating back thousands of years, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung attributed (3,400 BC) the paternity of the first major herbarium with herbal prescriptions. The Indian tradition described in the Vedas, books of wisdom, dating back to 4,500 years ago.

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