[george76]

As you know...

Romans derived much of their medical knowledge from the ancient Greeks

[Repeal The 17th]

[RegulatorCountry]

As a people, we really need to get past viewing herbal remedies as some sort of weird, exotic thing or as crackpot quackery. It’s not, in general.

The average kitchen spice rack is a cornucopia of antimicrobials. Anything used to preserve foods, such as salt, sugar, honey or vinegar is, too. It’s simple common sense, but that’s sorely lacking in a populace that regards a cold as requiring an antibiotic, as if those do anything for a virus.

Plain old garlic would be a wonder drug, if it were patentable. Keep it onhand, for infection, for toothache ... it really is an immune booster, too. Great for lowering cholesterol and arterial plaque, but try and get a medical doctor to recommend it or design a course of treatment that accomodates dietary garlic as an aspect of treatment.

Oil of oregano is another great one, and you never hear about it outside “alternative” venues.

[SFmom]

An informative and hilarious lecture on Vitamin D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1t9WqOD-0. Most people are Vitamin D deficient. Cancer rates could drop dramatically with adequate vitamin D, not to mention rates of numerous other severe, but less life-threatening ailments.

[Puppage]

“Ancient Chinese secret, huh?”

[SunkenCiv]

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[TigersEye]

Scientists believe they would have been used to treat gastrointestinal complaints suffered by sailors such as dysentery and diarrhoea.

Scientists believe that's what they were for I know it is. That is without a doubt a formula for those digestive complaints. Sounds like a good one too. Probably worked in an hour or two.

[Minutemen]

Our F.D.A. will have something to say about this!

[submarinerswife]

save for later reading

[bunkerhill7]

Were there dogs on Roman galleys?

[Pollster1]

A wooden chest discovered on board the vessel contained pills made of ground-up vegetables, herbs and plants such as celery, onions, carrots, cabbage, alfalfa and chestnuts – all ingredients referred to in classical medical texts.

. . . and cook books.

[RoadTest]

These people had canned goods and vitamin pills.

We always assume people in ancient history were ignorant and helpless. I guess it makes us feel superior.

[tet68]

the discovery showed that medical knowledge contained in ancient Greek texts, and later in the writings of Roman scholars such as Pliny, was being put into practise in the
modern age.

hahaha.

Ok, every house should have a small vial of Oil of Clove,
it absolutely works for tooth ache. I have one at home
and one in my camping gear, nothing spoils a camping
trip like a tooth ache. just a small bit on a piece
of cotton or bit of rag and put on the gum or in the
cavity will numb the pain very well for quite some time
and it tasts like clove too.