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HERBAL CONCOCTIONS
AND MEDICINE
PRESENTED BYGROUPS
SELFIE ANDREINVENTED
OVERVIEW
CONCOCTION
is a combination of various ingredients,
usually
herbs, spices, condiments, powdery substan
ces, or minerals, mixed up together,
minced, dissolved, or macerated into a
liquid so as they can be ingested or drunk.
HERBAL MEDICINE
oldest form of healthcare
earliest scientific tradition in medical practice
and that remains an important part of
medicine to this day
many drugs known today are of herbal origin
considered an art of healing with its profusion
of folklore, mythologies, and superstitions
HISTORY
Stone Age
Edible plants were used to cure ailments or
soothe a fever .
• Snakeroot plant for calming patients
• Extract of foxglove for swollen legs
• Curare for muscle relaxation
HISTORY
4,000 B.C.E.
• Shaman (medicine man) performed
incantation, spells, and self-induced trances .
• The world’s earliest surgical operations were
more likely to strengthen the doctor’s own
power than to cure a patient.
HISTORY
Ancient India, 6th Century B.C
A physician named Susruta, was
able to list down hundreds of herbal
remedies after series of primitive
experiments
HISTORY
Ancient India, 6th Century B.C
Serious illnesses have spiritual rather
than physical causes. The doctor’s
duty was to appease or expel the evil
spirit troubling the sick person.
HISTORY
Europe, 13th Cetury
• Herbal medicine was primarily a
woman’s art.
• Male graduates of medical schools
displaced traditional female herbalists.
HISTORY
Europe, 19th Cetury
• Advancements in chemistry allowed
extraction of active ingredients from
herbs.
• The chemical word drug was derived
from “drogue”, old French word for herb.
HISTORY
1970’s
Most drugs in medicine came from herbs.
• Gingko for Alzheimer’s disease
• St. John’s wort for mild to moderate
depression
• Saw palmetto for benign prostatic hypertrophy
PHILIPPINE CONTEXT
Spanish Rule and Religion
Chinese Trade Relations
Tribal and Provincial Diversitites
Superstitions
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SCHOOLS
New knowledge about
developing herbs into chemical
drugs
Empirical studies
ECONOMY
Mass production of Drugs and
Medicines.
Lesser mortality rate.
MEDIA
Dispersion and dissemination
of Herbal Medicines.
Health-related television
programs.
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
Validates the effectiveness of
the herbal medicine, therefore,
new ideas are develop, new
medicines are discovered.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Government imports herbal
medicines from other countries like
Thailand and India.
Countries are able to produce
locally-made herbal medicines.
REFERENCES:
Bratman S, & Girman A. (2003). Mosby’s Handbook of Herbs and
Supplements and their Therapeutic Uses. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby.
Inc.
Schuiz V, Hansel R, & Tyler V. (1998). Rational Phytotheraphy. A
physicians guide to herbal medicine. Berlin and Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag.
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