text:  And we know that the ancient Polynesians, when they were traveling in their double-hulled voyages and canoes, much like when we car camp, we take everything with us that's going to be in our creature comforts, the things that are going to make us most comfortable while we're camping, and all we have to do is walk 10 feet to our car to fetch something out of it. The ancient Polynesians were no different. They would take with them their creature comforts. And in this case, it was plants. It was plants that could be used for medicinal purposes.