Abstract. The era of primitive society is the longest in the history of mankind. According to Professor Yu. P. Lisitsyn, it lasted hundreds of thousands of children, and the entire history of civilization in comparison is no more than one percent. The history of medicine (and pharmacy E. Elyashevich), starting with the first signs of civilization, the transition from the primitive communal to the slave system, and the formation of cities, dates back only a few thousand years. The state of pharmacy of this period was studied using archaeological methods: during excavations of burials, medicines and labor items were found, which may have been used for grinding medicinal herbs and minerals) objects of art