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Brief Introduction to the Western Materia Medica
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THETraditional WesternMateria Medica The origins of the Western Materia Medica stem from Ancient Greece, but many of those medicines in turn were used by older cultures including the Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians. There is strong evidence that drug trade routes from the far East were well established, even at the time…