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.

http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/27861-Herbal-medicine-in-the P

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http://historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=aa52#

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concoction

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