Ayurveda

Medicinal plants are natural sources of drugs used to cure various disorders of mankind. These serve as reliable medicine because of the presence of various biochemical substances. Herbal drugs gained fame in health care all over the world, especially in developing countries as these are locally accessible, economical and are having lesser side effects. But the natural origin may not be a sign of their safety. A limited number of available evidences indicate that adverse effects associated with…

Egyptian Medicine According to the dictionary, medicine is defined as “any substance or substances used in treating a disease or illness” (Dictionary.com). It has been stated that one of the oldest documented medicine are those of the Ancient Egyptians, which were also one of the first to have practicing physicians who prescribed medicine. Aside from having practicing physicians prescribe medicine mainly from herbs and animals, the ancient Egyptians were also the first to practice surgical…

“PLANTS USED IN CONTACT THERAPY BY TRIBALS OF NANDURBAR DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA” M. B. Patil ABSTRACT The paper deals with the study of some ethnomedicinal plants species used in contact therapy, mainly in Chicken pox, Fever, Jaundice, Rheumatic pains and for abortion, Acceleration delivery, Prevent miscarriage, etc. Contact therapy, in which locally available plants, plant parts are made to touch the specific part of the body of the person or domestic animal by the tribal doctors is…

Medicine During the Elizabethan Era The Elizabethan Era is a big epoch in English history. This era was ruled by Queen Elizabeth, 1558 through 1603, historians refer to this place in time as the Golden Era. They refer to it as the Golden Era because of how many great accomplishments, and changes that were made. Medicine however, did not change much from medieval time to the Elizabethan Era. During the Elizabethan Era, people still believed many incoherent theories related to anatomy. These…

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Alternative or complementary medicine consists of therapies such as “herbalism, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, aromatherapy, iridology, homeopathy”, and more as well. The word 'complementary' has been chosen by many practitioners for the reason they do not see themselves as a supplementary for conventional medicine that can be used collectively. However, nonetheless all-natural treatments are traditional therapies which have been used and developed over hundreds of years. The…

It sounds a bit bizarre telling a person that their smell sense, or more precisely one particular scent can make them fill better (or worse!). Is this even possible? According to the aromatherapists, it sure is! Nowadays, we have a whole industry devoted to the production of a wide range of beautiful fragrances, but from ancient times aromas were considered to be powerful alternative medicine tools. Scientist have proven that different fragrances have miscellaneous, but nonetheless powerful…

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Complementary therapy and alternative medicine has not been well interpreter by the public, according to edzard Ernst, MD phd, FRCP from university of Exeter, he said that a big problem is when journalist publish articles on newspapers they rarely do enough background research and lack full medical understanding. He also add poor telephone interviews were the journalist just want a quote that fits into their story. No all is a real alternative medicine, some are consider experimental and…

Herbalism Human beings have been using plants for healing long before scientists started manufacturing products from plants. One of the first known texts on medicinal plant use was used by Ancient Egyptians and is called the “Ebers Papyrus; it dates back to 1500 BC and contains over seven-hundred medicinal solutions (Krohn)”. Great philosophers like Aristotle even wrote about and studied medicinal plants. Aristotle also created his own list of medicinal plants. “Hippocrates, 460-380 BC, known…