BOT 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ayurveda, Rigveda, Sanguinaria
2 Oct 2017
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Production of food supplements including vitamins, amino acids and herbal. Today, 25% of all prescription drugs come from plans. New plant derived medicinal compounds are discovered every year. Contains a written description of each plant, its habitat and how it is used for. Time course of herbal medicine in history. First record of clay tablets with medicinal information. Ebers papyrus is a catalogue of over 850 herbal remedies. Rig veda: indian herbal and bass for ayurvedic medicine. Description, suggested use and preparation of over 600 medicinal plants. No advance in medicine due to feudalism. Medical tradition kept by the catholic church. Renaissance period yielded renewed interest in science and revival of herbals. A plant"s appearance or other characteristics about it indicated that aliments it could treat. Red juice of bloodroot used for blood disorders. Snakeroot has a snake shaped root, used for snake bites. Walnuts, used to treat brain, they look like a brain.
