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15 Cards in this Set
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What is the doctrine of Signatures
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something in the plant’s form will provide clues as to it’s therapeutic use.
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Materia Medica
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written knowledge of the therapeutic use of a drug
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Why are the medicines of Egypt, India and Mesopotamia so similar?
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they were all parts of trading routes that used to exchange knowledge.
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Name the two most important historical figures for herbal medicine?
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Hippocrates
Galen |
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Why is the Quack’s charter important to herbalists?
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– It legislates for the use of herbal medicines
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How does devils claw reflect the doctrine of signatures?
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It looks like an arthritic hand – and is used to treat arthritis
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How long has herbal medicine been in evidence?
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60,000 years since Neanderthal man
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What suggests that Herbal medicine were highly respected in ancient civilisations?
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The existence of material medica have been carefully maintained and found
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What is the most important tenet of Hippocrates oath?
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First do no harm
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What are the four humours that Hippocrates believed in?
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Choleric –yellow bile
Sanguine-Blood Phlegmatic-Phlegm Melancholic- black bile |
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What is Discorides famous for writing?
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De Materia Medica
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Who was the physician who divided traditional healers and physicians?
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Galen
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Who was the Persian physician who wrote the Canon of Medicine?
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Avicenna
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Who developed the laudanum (tincture of opium)?
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Paracelsus
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Who created the Quack’s Charter?
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King Henry VIII of England
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