Global treatments
This practice (used in many cultures - Iran, China, Latin America) is often used to treat back pain, involving heated jars. It can result in redness & bruising.
WHAT IS: CUPPING
"Fatiga", a traditional Latino symptom is commonly treated with eucalyptus steam inhalation. In western medicine, this may be treated with Salbutamol.
What is: ASTHMA
Aisaparīna
WHAT IS: ASPIRIN in Punjabi
The School of Salerno was the first known medical school in Europe flourishing from the 8th-12th centuries from THIS country.
WHAT IS: ITALY
This ceremony involves burning medicinal plants like tobacco, sage, cedar, and sweet grass to cleanse the body, mind, and spirit.
WHAT IS: SMUDGING
Mahaoushadha, which means "the great medicine" used in Ayurvedic medicine is THIS common root (often found in asian cooking).
WHAT IS: GINGER
WHAT IS: TAMIFLU (oseltamivir)
amoksycylina
WHAT IS: AMOXICILLIN in Polish
He was the first to use a solidifying medium to define the shape and size of an internal body structure, when he injected hot wax into an ox's brain. The earliest discoveries and descriptions of neuroanatomy.
WHO IS: LEONARDO DA VINCI
This Japanese practice uses symbols, mantras, and specific movements to guide energy along the body - administered by "laying on hands".
WHAT IS: REIKI
Derived from Mayan & Aztec traditions, a Sobador is a traditional folk medicine practionner whose treatments resemble THIS common physical intervention (you might get one at a spa).
WHAT IS: MASSAGE or CHIROPRACTIC
Hypericum perforatum also known as THIS. Its greek origin meaning “over an apparition,” referring to the belief that the herb was so offensive to evil spirits that the merest whiff of it caused spirits to depart. Perhaps now used for mild depression.
WHAT IS: ST JOHN'S WORT
Sefotakishimu
WHAT IS: Cefotaxime in Japanese
Dated 1800 BCE, the Kahun Papyrus is the oldest known medical text in Egypt and it focuses on THIS medical specialty.
WHAT IS: GYNECOLOGY
A healer called a “curandero” calls to the spirit worlds for protection , then faces the four directions of north, east, south and west and uses a branch of the vine along with a rattle made from this tree (that is also used to make a psychoactive beverage).
WHAT IS: AYAHUASCA
Moxibustion, applying heat to the body through small burning cones of mugwart are traditional practices to strengthen blood in this country.
WHERE IS: KOREA
A traditional healer in this country will perform "HIMULSO" by firmly touching the pulse in a person's arm to determine if the cause of ailment is due to natural causes or to an evil doing.
WHAT IS: PHILLIPINES
albotrol
WHAT IS: ALBUTAROL in Hebrew
Archaeological studies from Iran show the skull of a 13-year-old girl with hydrocephalus who underwent the earliest evidence of cranial surgery during this CENTURY.
WHEN IS: 3rd CENTURY
Zebola is a ceremony common in this African country uses drumming and dance to help treat "functional neurologic symptom disorder"
WHERE IS: THE CONGO (and also popular in other central & south african countries)
When a baby was delivered by a bidan (midwife) in this country, the umbilical cord is cut with a bamboo stem and the stump dusted with wood ash or a paste made of pepper, ginger and turmeric.
WHAT IS: MALASIA
"Rosy Periwinkle" used in Madagascar is used in treatment of Leukemia and Hodgkins Lymphoma due to THESE 2 INGREDIENTS.
WHAT ARE: Vincristine & Vinblastine
morfij
WHAT IS: Morphine in Slovenian
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi provided the earliest description of this familial hematologic disorder in an Andalusian family.
WHAT IS: HEMOPHILIA
Blowing is a ritual in this country, where the healer blows three times after having read the healing prayer.
WHERE IS: NORWAY