This article introduces my readers to the formulation, history and therapeutic usage of the famous Swedish Bitters formula and its possible variations and modifications. It also places the Swedish Bitters formula within a larger historical and cross-cultural context.
Tag: Galen
ISLAMIC MEDICINE AND UNANI MEDICINE – ARE THEY ONE AND THE SAME?
This article introduces my readers to Islamic Medicine, and draws distinctions between Prophetic Medicine, or the healing lore of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the broader field of Unani Tibb, or Graeco-Arabic Medicine.
GETTING TO KNOW GALEN
This article is a review of Susan P. Mattern’s excellent biography of Galen of Pergamum, entitled, The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire
EPIDAURUS, THE MOTHER OF ALL HEALING SPAS
I just got back to Romania from another trip to Greece, to visit a friend there who was a fan of my website, and interested in Greek Medicine. I had always wanted to visit the Asclepion at Epidaurus, but I had always found one excuse or another for putting it off. But finally, becoming tired…