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Piprt Methysticum in Piperaceae common name: Originated in ____________ was introduced to ______________and ______________ by ______________ Important beverage today in:
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common name: Kava, Kawa originated in Vanuatu in Melanesia and introduced to tahiti and hawaii by polynesians important beverage today in Melanesia ( fiji and vanuatu) Polynesia (Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii) Micrnesia |
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social beverage indication of frinedship and hospitality community meetings, enhance communication similiar to coffee, tea, and mate in different parts of the world Kava ceramonies: elaborate, esp in soma |
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reduce anxiety enhance restful sleep sooth an irritable infant |
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Kava pharmacology two main chemical in kava involvement in the brain Mechanism of action Therapeutic Uses |
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kavain and Dihydrokavain are kava lactones that most easily pass through blood brain barrier and enter into brain appears to enhance GABA neurotransmitter in CNS Reduce anxiety enhance relaxation enhance sleep |
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precuser to many modern medical phiosophies modern medical nomenclature |
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Alcmaeon and Democritus and Empedocles four fundamental elements, qualities, humors and involvement in greek medicine |
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alcmaeon wrote about medicine and theory of disease distruption of equilibrium between body components presented the theory of minute atoms being the fundamental unit of physical world theories on humors in writing, dominant medical theory of Europe Middle Ages earth, water, air, and fire hot dry wet and cold blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile |
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| Asclepias Greek Temple Medicine |
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legendary physician his staff and holy snake symbol of modern medicine patient of Asclepias would sleep in his temple and be treated by god |
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Hippocrates Greek Medicine Corpus Hippocraticum |
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books of medicine and proper diet and diseases |
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Diagnosis and Prognosis in Greek Medicine Treatment Eurasia Dyscrasia |
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inspeciton, palpation and smell emp how the body was influenced by climated and weather esbt prognosis treating patient and the disesase, whole body not just the part nature has its own strong healing force, physician should assist nature Eurasia: harmonic mixture of humors resulting health Dyscrasia: faulty mixture of humors resulting disease Diet: main form of treatment, surgrey last resort |
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Valeriana Officinalis in Valerianaceae common name origin, ethnomedical use chemistry mechanism of action and Therapeutic use |
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valerian native to europe use in sedative and enhance sleep mechanism of action: may enhance GABA neurotransmitters in CNS Therapeutic uses: sedative and ehance sleep |
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Melissa Officinalis common name origin ethnomedical uses leaf infusion |
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Lemon Balm southern europe treat anxiety and isomnia nerve calmative sedative nerver disorders |
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