Herbal Medicine in Shakespeare’s England
From Dr. John Hall’s Case Studies Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D. Who was John Hall: A most renowned 16th century physician-herbalist, born approximately 1575 and died in 1635. He moved to Stratfor …
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Jim Duke’s Brief History of Medicine (humor)
Telescoping History of Medicine 2,000,000 B.C. Sign Language; eat this root … 2000 B.C. – “Here, eat this root ” … 600 AD. Eat that Nigella. … 1000 A.D. That root is heathen. Here, say …
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Summary of Traditional Eclectic Organ Affinity Botanicals
Compiled by Richard L. Farr The method of Eclectic Specific Medication was developed by John Milton Scudder, M.D. in the early 1870’s and became the dominant approach to therapeutics by the Eclectic …
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The Herbal Tradition
Egyptian Herbal Medicine … Egyptian medicine was widely respected throughout the ancient Mediterranean world.The earliest written records of its practices are to be found in the Ebers Papyrus, da …
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What is Eclecticism?
A.J. Collins, M.D. Introduction by Dr. Michael Tierra This is a piece of medical history. American Eclecticism was an officially recognized branch of North American medicine that predominantly used …
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Traditional Western Herbal Medicine
Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D. Traditional Western Herbal Medicine evolved from the Greeks who were strongly influenced by the Egyptians and Middle Eastern civilizations. In fact, with …
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The Role of Islamic Scholarship in Preserving and Developing Western Medicine During the Medieval Period: The Roots of Planetary Herbology
by Michael Tierra, O.M.D., AHG, RH A typical Western medical text’s description of the Medieval portion of the history of Western medicine might be summarized thus: The classical Greek medical tradit …
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A History of Herbalism for Herbalists, Part 1: How the Arabs Saved Greek Sciences
by Candis Cantin, Herbalist, AHG Over the past decade or so I have taken time to read the history of herbal medicine from various authors, focusing mostly on Egyptian, Greek, Arab, East Indian and Wes …
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