SCNM Q2 NTMD Final: Botanical Medicine Exam With Verified Solution 2024

Greek physician, botanist, pharmacologist. Surgeon for Roman army. - Dioscorides (40-90 A.D.) Wrote de Materia Medica (5 vol. book) : - Dioscorides Materia Medica - Compilation of all known plant knowledge and related substance. Highly influential and long-lived writings; systemic organization. Writings based on observation. Referenced for more than 1,600 years. Refuted humeral theory. -Greek physician, surgeon, philosopher. -Adopted concepts of 4 humors and energetics (hot/cold; damp/dry) to classify herbs. -Complex combination of herbs. -Beginning division between prof. physician and traditional healer. -Rigid system of medicine. -Concept of "heroic medicine"--purging, blood letting, bodily evacuations used to treat illness; contrast to supporting body to heal - Galen (131-200 A.D.) -Persian physician and pharmacist-Wrote "Canon of Medi