Season 6 · Episode 7
Plants of the Gods: S6E7. The Medicinal Plants and Fungi of the Amazon
The Plants of the Gods podcast · Mark Plotkin
October 2, 202417m 37s
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Show Notes
The Amazon rainforest - teeming with unstudied plants, fungi, and shamanic cultures - has long been considered an almost inexhaustible source of healing plants and potions. In this episode - Dr. Mark Plotkin, an ethnobotanist who has been studying the plants and peoples of Amazonia for four decades - provides a detailed and incisive overview of the medicinal power and potential of the world's greatest rainforest!