An Ancient Egyptian Herbal

1989
An Ancient Egyptian Herbal

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  • Author: Lise Manniche
  • Publisher: British Museum Press
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Cosmetics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 180

"The ancient Egyptians were skilled in the use of herbs and spices for medicines, cooking, cosmetics, perfumes, and many other purposes. Drawing on texts written by the Egyptians and their neighbors, and on works by classical authors and the Copts, Lise Manniche has reconstructed an herbal of 94 species of plants and trees used from before the pharaohs to the late Coptic period. Each plant is named in Latin and English, and where known in ancient Egyptian, Greek, and modern Arabic. An account is given of the plants' special properties, with authentic recipes for cosmetics and cures. In her introduction the author discusses the many uses the ancient Egyptians made of herbs and flowers, and the importance of plants for funerary and festive occasions." --Publisher description.

An Ancient Egyptian Herbal

1989
An Ancient Egyptian Herbal

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  • Author: Lise Manniche
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Health & Fitness
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 188

Revised edition. A reconstructed herbal of 95 species of plants and trees known to be used before, during and after the pharaonic period in Egypt. The author, a skilled Egyptologist, draws on classical and other texts, and explains the special properties of each plant, quoting authentic recipes for cosmetics and remedies. This updated edition includes an extended section on perfume, which draws on the latest research into the ingredients and uses of Egyptian scents.

An Ancient Egyptian Herbal

1989
An Ancient Egyptian Herbal

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  • Author: Lise Manniche
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Health & Fitness
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 188

Revised edition. A reconstructed herbal of 95 species of plants and trees known to be used before, during and after the pharaonic period in Egypt. The author, a skilled Egyptologist, draws on classical and other texts, and explains the special properties of each plant, quoting authentic recipes for cosmetics and remedies. This updated edition includes an extended section on perfume, which draws on the latest research into the ingredients and uses of Egyptian scents.

A Spotlight on the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine

2019-08-20
A Spotlight on the History of Ancient Egyptian Medicine

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  • Author: Ibrahim M. Eltorai
  • Publisher: CRC Press
  • ISBN: 100055659X
  • Category : Medical
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 111

This unique volume provides the reader with an outline of ancient Egyptian civilization, history and culture. It reviews the ancient Egyptian understanding of human health and disease, medical and herbal treatments for various conditions based on primary sources found in ancient papyri. The reader will also gain an insight into the influence of ancient Egyptian medical knowledge on later civilizations including ancient Greek and Islamic scholars in the middle ages. There are two chapters that focus on the ancient Egyptian understanding and treatments of cardiovascular disease as well as a description of herbal medicines used by medical practitioners and pharmacologists. Key Features: Describes influence of ancient Egyptian medical and pharmaceutical knowledge of subsequent civilizations Explores ancient Egyptian pharmacology and herbal medicine Review of the most significant ancient Egyptian papyri documenting medical knowledge and practice Concise overview of ancient Egyptian history, culture, medical knowledge Summary of ancient Egyptian understanding of cardiovascular diseases and treatments

The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt

2005
The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt

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  • Author: James P. Allen
  • Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • ISBN: 1588391701
  • Category : Art, Egyptian
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 117

Diseases and injuries were major concerns for ancient Egyptians. This book, featuring some sixty-four objects from the Metropolitan Museum, discusses how both practical and magical medicine informed Egyptian art and for the first time reproduces and translates treatments described in the spectacular Edwin Smith Papyrus.

Ancient Egyptian Medicine

2002
Ancient Egyptian Medicine

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  • Author: John F. Nunn
  • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
  • ISBN: 9780806135045
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 244

The skills of the ancient Egyptians in preserving bodies through mummification are well known, but their expertise in the everyday medical practices needed to treat the living is less familiar and often misinterpreted. John F. Nunn draws on his own experience as an eminent doctor of medicine and an Egyptologist to reassess the evidence. He has translated and reviewed the original Egyptian medical papyri and has reconsidered other sources of information, including skeletons, mummies, statues, tomb paintings and coffins. Illustrations highlight symptoms of similar conditions in patients ancient and modern, and the criteria by which the Egyptian doctors made their diagnoses - many still valid today - are evaluated in the light of current medical knowledge. In addition, an appendix listing all known named doctors contains previously unpublished additions from newly translated texts. Spells and incantations and the relationship of magic and religion to medical practice are also explored. Incorporating the most recent insights of modern medicine and Egyptology, the result is the most comprehensive and authoritative general book to be published on this fascinating subject for many years.

Eve’s Herbs

1999-04-15
Eve’s Herbs

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  • Author: John M. Riddle
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • ISBN: 0674266676
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 358

In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, John M. Riddle showed, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, that women from ancient Egyptian times to the fifteenth century had relied on an extensive pharmacopoeia of herbal abortifacients and contraceptives to regulate fertility. In Eve’s Herbs, Riddle explores a new question: If women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge lost to them in modern times? Beginning with the testimony of a young woman brought before the Inquisition in France in 1320, Riddle asks what women knew about regulating fertility with herbs and shows how the new intellectual, religious, and legal climate of the early modern period tended to cast suspicion on women who employed “secret knowledge” to terminate or prevent pregnancy. Knowledge of the menstrual-regulating qualities of rue, pennyroyal, and other herbs was widespread through succeeding centuries among herbalists, apothecaries, doctors, and laywomen themselves, even as theologians and legal scholars began advancing the idea that the fetus was fully human from the moment of conception. Drawing on previously unavailable material, Riddle reaches a startling conclusion: while it did not persist in a form that was available to most women, ancient knowledge about herbs was not lost in modern times but survived in coded form. Persecuted as “witchcraft” in centuries past and prosecuted as a crime in our own time, the control of fertility by “Eve’s herbs” has been practiced by Western women since ancient times.

Sacred Luxuries

1999
Sacred Luxuries

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  • Author: Lise Manniche
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • ISBN: 9780801437205
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 172

In this illustrated book, Lise Manniche looks at the role played by scents and cosmetics in ancient Egyptian society and discusses their preparation - in some cases providing actual recipes."--BOOK JACKET.

Aloe Vera Handbook

2004-04
Aloe Vera Handbook

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  • Author: Max B. Skousen
  • Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN)
  • ISBN: 9781570671692
  • Category : Health & Fitness
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 31

Simply everything you need to know about this amazing plant: a brief history, how it heals, external and internal uses, and tips on caring for your plant. Here is concise information on ways to use aloe vera to help treat burns, cuts, digestive problems, hair and scalp conditions, varicose veins, ulcers, arthritis, asthma, sore throat, and many other common health ailments.

Black Cumin

2000-04-01
Black Cumin

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  • Author: Peter Schleicher
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1620552957
  • Category : Health & Fitness
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 96

• The first book to fully explore the extraordinary effectiveness of black cumin against immune-system disorders, allergies, asthma, and skin problems. • Written by the world's foremost experts on black cumin. • Includes precise directions for preparation and specific recipes for treating a variety of ailments. The extraordinary healing powers of black cumin have been known for centuries in the Middle East where the Prophet Mohammed himself declared: "Black cumin heals every disease except for death." It enjoyed wide use in ancient Egypt as a digestive aid and as an effective medicine for colds, headaches, toothaches, and infections. Because of its complex chemical structure--it has over one hundred active ingredients--black cumin has positive effects on the respiratory, immune, circulatory, digestive, and urinary systems. It is enormously effective against asthma, stomach ailments, and numerous skin conditions, ranging from acne to psoriasis. It also has been the subject of intensive scientific research indicating that it strengthens and stabilizes the immune system and is greatly beneficial in the treatment of allergies. It has even been found to be beneficial in the treatment of impotence when the causes are primarily physiological. This book will serve as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the healing properties of this incredible plant. It contains everything you need to know in order to use black cumin for the prevention and treatment of illness, including specific recipes for infections and allergies, and precise directions for their preparation. The authors even provide a section on the use of black cumin as a beauty aid and as a culinary staple.