BSCI 135 Study Guide - Final Guide: Saponin, Morphine, Mitosis
27 Jan 2016
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Some plants are nutritious; others are poisonous, hallucinogenic or therapeutic. Egyptians: had vast knowledge on medicinal plants: garlic for heart and circulatory disorders. (ebers papyrus) Ancient china: thousands of herbal cures described in the (pun-tsao) India: system of health care called ayurvedic medicine (rig veda) America: traditional knowledge of medicinal plants written in (badianus manuscript). Romans: compiled information of over 600 plants in the (de materia. Greeks: western medicine started with hippocrates 460-377 bc known as father of medicine . Europe: 1400"s, the beginning of the renaissance saw a revival of herbalism. (theatrum botanicum, the complete herbal) Belief that certain signatures visible can recognize the use of a plant on the plant, that corresponded to human anatomy. Part of the plant looked like part of the human body; thus it was used to treat the human part it most closely resembled. Walnuts look like brains: used for treating brain disorders. 25% of prescriptions written contain plant derived active ingredients.
