M1L1 Flashcards
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is regarded as the “mother of all science”
pharmacognosy
pharmacognosy is regarded as
mother of all science
They acquired knowledge of medicinal properties of plants in the following ways:
- guess work or trial & error
- search for food
- signature of nature
- instict of animals between toxic & palatable
- accidental
who monopolized the knowledge of drugs and
hide that knowledge in some incantations.
medicine men
Pre-Historic Evidence of Pharmacognosy
7 out 8 species of pollen grains
where Pre-Historic Evidence of Pharmacognosy
Shanidar, Iraq
- food gathering to food producing economy
- make use of stone as tools for hunting
- in the history of herbalism (phytotherapy)
New Stone Age
NEW STONE AGE
prepared food and healing potions
women
NEW STONE AGE
compiled the remedies and wrote them down
men
land between two rivers
mesopotamia
- Birch Polypore (Medicinal mushrooms)
- SN: Piptoporus betulinus or Fomitopsis betulina
- AC: Agaric acid
- Uses: strong purgative (strong laxative effect that may lead to dehydration)/anti-mycobacteria, toxic
Early Arabic and European Records
- Cuneiform writing
- “Treatise of Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis” (1,600 B.C)
- Babylonians
Ancient Mesopotamia
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
the dominant system of writing in Mesopotamia
also known as baked clay tablets
cuneiform writing
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
- Consist of 40 tablets, it was collected and studied by Jean Baptiste Labat.
- Example includes the management of excessive bleeding.
Treatise of Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
the Treatise of Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis consists of how many tablets
40 tablets
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
Treatise of Medical Diagnosis and
Prognosis was collected and studied by
Jean Baptiste Labat
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
provides the earliest known record of practice of the art of the apothecary
Babylonians
what is apothecary
pharmacy
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
Text on clay tablet includes
4
- record of first symptoms of illness
- prescription
- directions for compounding
- invocation to the gods
- sometimes called as “sorcerer”
- Diagnose the ailment
ashipu
Specialist in herbal remedies
asu
- Emperor Sheng Nung
- Investigated the medicinal value of herbs by tasting herbs to discover their qualities.
- Written the first Pen T-Sao which is a recording of 365 drug
- He was able to study podophyllum, rhubarb, ginseng, stramonium, cinnamon bark and ephedra
- Shang Hang Lun written by Chang Chung-Ching
- Chin Kuei Yao Lueh
- Pen T’sao Jing Ji Zhu written by Tao Hong Jing
Ancient China
ANCIENT CHINA
Investigated the medicinal value of herbs by tasting herbs to discover their qualities.
Emperor Sheng Nung
ANCIENT CHINA
Emperor Sheng Nung wrote the first ____ which is a recording of 365 drugs
Pen T-Sao