Medicinal Plant of the Year

The Medicinal Plant of the Year has been proclaimed annually since 1999 by the interdisciplinary study group Development History of Medicinal Plant Science at the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Würzburg . Well-known scientists who belong to this body or who belonged to a. Franz-Christian Czygan (initiator), Johannes Gottfried Mayer and Bernhard Uehleke . In 2012, a plant was chosen together with the WWF . For 2020, the German Medical History Museum (Ingolstadt), the German Pharmacy Museum (Heidelberg) and the Chair for Aroma and Smell Research established in 2018 at the University of Erlangen participated for the first time .

As early as 1987 to 1989, the Association of German Druggists (VDD) proclaimed a medicinal plant of the year.

The selection of the Medicinal Plant of the Year is intended to emphasize the importance of plants in medicine and their pharmaceutical use.

Previous medicinal plants of the year

year	German name	Scientific name	family	Illustration
1987	Real chamomile	Matricaria chamomilla	Daisy family
1988	Lemon balm	Melissa officinalis	Mint family
1989	garlic	Allium sativum	Amaryllis family
1990-1998	-
1999	Real buckwheat	Fagopyrum esculentum	Knotweed
2000	-
2001	Real arnica	Arnica montana	Daisy family
2002	Stinging butcher's broom	Ruscus aculeatus	Asparagus plants
2003	artichoke	Cynara cardunculus	Daisy family
2004	peppermint	Mentha x piperita	Mint family
2005	Garden pumpkin	Cucurbita pepo	Cucurbits
2006	Real thyme	Thymus vulgaris	Mint family
2007	Real hops	Humulus lupulus	Hemp plants
2008	Common horse chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum	Soap tree plants
2009	fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	Umbelliferae
2010	Common ivy	Hedera helix	Araliaceae
2011	Passion flower	Passiflora incarnata	Passion Flower Family
2012	Sweetwoods	Glycyrrhiza	Legumes
2013	Great nasturtiums	Tropaeolum majus	Nasturtiums
2014	Ribwort plantain	Plantago lanceolata	Plantain family
2015	Real St. John's wort	Hypericum perforatum	St. John's wort family
2016	Real caraway	Carum carvi	Umbelliferae
2017	Seed oats	Avena sativa	Sweet grasses
2018	Common horehound	Marrubium vulgare	Mint family
2019	Hawthorns	Crataegus	Rose plants
2020	Real lavender	Lavandula angustifolia	Mint family

See also

• Medicinal plant of the year

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b} Fennel: Medicinal Plant of the Year 2009 . Report to the Science Information Service, December 23, 2008.
2. ↑ A medicinal plant is more than a contaminated chemical. Obituary for Franz-Christian Czygan
3. ↑ Licorice is Medicinal Plant of the Year 2012.
4. ↑ Liquorice plant named Medicinal Plant of the Year 2012 wwf.de Press
5. ↑ Horse chestnut is Medicinal Plant of the Year 2008 ( Memento from May 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Announcement from the University of Würzburg, November 21, 2007
6. ↑ What the licorice rasps can be good for ( Memento from November 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Fränkische Nachrichten , November 14, 2011.
7. ↑ Medicinal Plant of the Year 2013: Large Nasturtium - Tropaeolum majus
8. ^ Ribwort plantain medicinal plant of the year 2014 Deutsches Ärzteblatt , September 26, 2013.
9. ↑ Genuine St. John's Wort: Very interesting, but difficult. Pharmaceutical Newspaper , October 7, 2014.
10. ↑ Caraway is a medicinal plant in 2016. Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung , October 9, 2015.
11. ↑ Medicinal plant of the year 2017: Real oats - Avena sativa. World Heritage Monastery Medicine, October 25, 2016.
12. ↑ Medicinal Plant of the Year 2018: Horehound - Marrubium vulgare. World Heritage Monastery Medicine, September 21, 2017.
13. ↑ Medicinal Plant of the Year 2019: Hawthorn - Crataegus. World Heritage Monastery Medicine, September 26, 2018.
14. ↑ Medicinal Plant of the Year 2020: Real Lavender - Lavandula angustifolia. World Heritage Monastery Medicine, November 7, 2019.