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Herbalism |
Plants for treatment of illness |
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How were cures passed on? |
Verbally one gen. to next |
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15th century considered? |
Great age of herbals |
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Paracelsus did what? |
Thought god gave signatures in plants forhuman (ex.= yellow latex cured jaundice) Doctor that thought he knew everything Wrote a book on surgery |
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Traditional(herbalism) vs. Conventional(Allopathy) |
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Traditional |
cost effective general treats balance varies |
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Conventional |
Specific patentable drugs treats serious conditions roots in herbal medicine |
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AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE |
the oldest and diverse med. system |
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Materia Medica |
has tonics, sedatives, laxa, wound healing plants |
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AFRICAN PLANTS |
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Aloe Vera nicknames |
Cleopatras plant/ the burn plant |
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Aloe vera has what glycoside |
Aloin |
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Aloin is used for? |
Laxative |
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Aloe gel has? |
Sapopnins Sterols Salicylic Acid used to treat burns/ skin disorders |
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Catha edulis common name? |
Khat tree |
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What part of tree used? |
Leaves, for CNS stimulants |
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What active compound are in Khat leaves? |
Cathine and Cathinone |
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Long term use of Khat? |
constipation/ low sex drive/ loss of appetite |
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Kombe name? |
Strophanthus kombe |
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Which part of plant has cardiac glycosides? |
Seeds |
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Kombe plants are toxic, used for what? |
poision arrows |
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Strophanthus gratus is? |
Also kombe, differenct species |
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S. gratus has what active compound? |
Ouabain |
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Ouabain is used for? |
Cardiotonic
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Strophanthus Kombe/Gratus both have |
Strophanthin |
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The Mano tribe called Kombe what? |
"Cure-all plant" |
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Sarmentogenin found in what animal? |
Ox Bile |
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Sarmentogenin used for? |
Cortisone precursor |
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Who found that Strophanthin is 17x closer to cortisol than ox bile? |
William Laurence- Pulitzer Prize for it(1949) |
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MIDDLE EAST nickname? |
Cradle of civilization |
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Peoples of this ancient area recorded herbal remedies on? |
Clay tablets |
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Sumerian clay tablets are? |
Oldest Rx Pads |
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Clay tablet rx pads under direction of who? |
King babylon |
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Ebers Papyrus |
20m papyrus scroll that has 700 med. recipes |
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Avicenna did what? |
famous physician wrote book Canon Medicine |
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Canon medicine fromed the Islamic healing system called? |
Unani-Tibb ("greek-medicine" in arabic) |
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Middle East plants |
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Devils Dung binomial |
Ferula assa-foetida |
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Where is the active compound in devils dung |
roots |
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what is in the roots of devils dung |
Oleoresin gums (terpenes/oils/sulfur) |
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Oleoresin gums treats? |
farts/dyspersion/bronchitis |
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Pomegranate binomial |
Punica granatum |
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Pomegranate uses what two parts of plant? |
1. Rind (fruit pericarp) 2. Tree bark |
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Rind has? |
Tannins- anitdirhhea |
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Bark has? |
Alkaloids- parastic worms |
