Our Vision

To facilitate the identification of potential product leads for different sectors of medicinal plant industry by using medieval medical literature as the source for these leads.

To search ancient and medieval herbal text sources for possible new directions to the research, development and use of natural products. The ancient texts are a storehouse of the practical experiences of thousands and thousands of physicians that modern science could profit greatly from.

To recognize, on the basis of historical texts and using rigorous evaluation methods developed by Herbadec, the medicinal plants with the highest heuristic potential.

The final results may be

discovery of new and unexpected compounds with a medicinal effect (as opposed to modifying known compounds for additional effect)

discovery of new uses for known substances

The strength of medieval medical literature as a source of herbal information lies in the fact that the effects of a treatment have been tested in humans and results observed over a period of several generations.