Connection between herbs and medicines

  • We talked about bushes and herbs that can be found up in the mountains of Kalymnos such as, thyme, sage, pistacia as well as about aromatic herbs that are used in cookery. We made tea from sage and drank it in class. We knead bread with mint and pistacia and ate it during the break. We also visited a pharmacy store and were informed about the use of herbs in former and modern medicine. In addition, we had a discussion in class concerning the way herbs were used for medicinal and cookery purposes in earlier and contemporary years. Finally, the students created an herbarium using local herbs.