Monday, March 5, 2012

Another Papyrus Ebers Rx


A Remedy to Regulate Evacuation

Honey
Sasa-seeds
Wormwood
Elderberry
Berries of the uan-tree
Kernel of the ut’ait fruit
Caraway
Aaam seed
Xam seed
Sea salt

Form into a suppository and put into the rectum.


I wondered when those suppositories were invented. 3400 BC! Doctors!!!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Recipes from "The Papyrus Ebers"

I received a Christmas gift from my youngest darling daughter in the form of a book about an archaeology find of Egyptian Papyrus dating from about 3400 BC. The papyrus is a book of recipes for a doctor to prescribe for various aliments of the day. I will begin to share some of them with you over the next week.

For Constipation

A Remedy to clear out the body and get rid of the excrement in the body of a person:

Take the berries of the Castor oil tree – Chew and swallow down with beer in order to clear out all that is in the body.

Some things never change!