Ancient Folklore Healing and Medicine

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Roman Medicine

Galen

Greek Medicine

Asclepius

Provided patients advice through dreams

Apollo

Provided cures for aliments

Inflicted Illnesses like plagues to punish mortals

Athena

Acquired much of his anatomical knowledge from combat wounds he treated

Private practitioner

Made many errors in medicine - He believed the venous and arterial systems were sealed and separate from one another

Despite medical errors Galen had accurate detail and established a positive legacy

Egyptian Medicine

Wandering Womb

The womb was considered to be alive and would move about a woman's body causing illness or death to women who were not having children. Hippocratic doctors would attempt to "cure" women of the wandering womb

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Her blood was considered magic when Horus took her maidenhood and was thought to remedy all poisons

The blood was though to give healing magic for vicious bites, stings, and burns.

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Chinese Medicine

Scorpion Goddess of Egyptian Medicine other wise known as "Wife of God Horus"

Shennong

Taught the Chinese about the use of herbal drugs

Practiced the application of plant based mediicne

Practiced acupuncture

Tested many plants and herbs and recorded his findings

Taught others to change their diets from meats, wild fruit and clams to a vegetable and grain based diet to help those who were sick and diseased

The pulse examination is a symbol of Chinese medicine. Pulse taking was completed with three fingers and thought to be created by Qin He.

"God Farmer" or "God Peasant". Shennong is associated with fire as he often taught others to clear farm fields with fire.

Hua Tuo

The first Chinese surgeon in China

Often used anesthetic herbs to during surgery

Bian Que

Practiced the pulse examination by using the wrist opening

Proposed the principle of yin-yang pulse. Discussed patterns in the three yin pulses vs the three yang pulses

Observed both similarities and differences of pulses between body types

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