– Stephen Langley, ND
ANCIENT TIMES
15,000 BC Shamanic rituals on cave paintings in France (healing mind & soul).
Ayurveda Medicine (3000-1000 BC) ayur (life) and veda (science).
- Sacred medicine from Ancient India.
- Holistic philosophy embracing fasts, herbs, enemas, baths and cleansing diets
2700 BC Shen Nong discovers Chinese herbalism.
2600 BC Imhotep describes ancient Egyptian medicine.
c2000 BC The writings of the Nei Jing (Classics of Internal medicine) by Huang-Ti (Yellow Emperor).
c1700 BC Code of Hammurabi (King of Babylon) lays down laws for doctors.
1550 BC Ebers papyrus records Egyptian medical practice.
1200BC Asclepius (Greek physician) sets up a healing center in Greece.
HIPPOCRATES (468-377 BC) The father of medicine.
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
- Greek physician from Cos.
- Recognised that disease was a disturbance of the balance of harmony within the body.
- A physician would restore this balance with the help of the patient.
- He was the first healer to record medical experiences for future reference.
- The Hippocratic oath was exacted by his students.
c300 BC The medical school and library of Alexandria is founded.
DIOSCORIDES (Ist century AD)
- Greek physician who accompanied the Roman armies.
- Wrote the first comprehensive illustrated book on herbal medicine (De Materia Medica).
- He embraced Hippocrates teachings.
