Pre Historic Pharmacy Before The Dawn Of Time (30 000 Bce) (Pdf)

This study source was downloaded by 100000869410908 from CourseHero.com on 09-03-2023 02:48:51 GMT -05:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/110452189/Pre-historic-Pharmacydocx/ Pre historic PharmacyBefore the dawn of time (30 000 BCE) In Shanidar (Kurdistan area of Northern Iraq) people gathered plants for medicinal purposes based on their instincts, intuition and surrounding.Ancient Babylon (2600 BC) Provided the earliest known record of practice of the art of apothecary. Health Practitioners were priests, pharmacists and physician all at the same time. Medical text on clay tablet- The records of symptoms of illness, the prescription and direction forcompounding and an invocation to the gods.Ancient China (2000 BC) Shen Nung also known as the Blazing emperor who sought out and investigated the medicinal value of several hundred herbs. He also discovered the tea leaf when he almost died from poison.The book he wrote called Pen Tsao which have 365 drugs and its description. Pa Kua were also made and it is a mathematical design associated with healing arts, symbolizing creation and life. Acupuncture is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine. It is most commonly used to treat pain. Increasingly, it is being used for overall wellness, including stress management.Ancient Egypt (1500 BC) Papyrus Ebers is the most important record in those