Medical pros revisit the 150-year history of coffee enemas to weigh their potential benefits and hidden dangers.

Scientists have discovered castor oil in Egyptian tombs dating back to 4000 B.C. An ancient Egyptian medical text called the Ebers Papyrus, dating to 1550 B.C., shows that early physicians ...

There is a common perception that science is a modern invention with roots in the ancient Greek world. While the Greeks pioneered the kind of theoretical thinking that characterizes modern science, ...

When archaeologists began translating medical papyri like the Ebers Papyrus from around 1550 BCE, they discovered detailed records of blue lotus preparations used to treat everything from pain and ...

Individualization of patient care has long been the goal of medicine. The Ebers Papyrus written in Egypt in 1500 B.C. provides the following personalized treatment recommendations “…for a person who ...

One ancient Egyptian medical text known as the Ebers Papyrus, dated to 1500 B.C., describes a 'Black Death'-like illness that 'produced a bubo' of tell-tale 'petrified' pus. Then in 2004 ...

A 3,500-year-old medical text dubbed the Ebers Papyrus described a disease that "has produced a bubo, and the pus has petrified," suggesting symptoms similar to those of the plague, reported ...

This hypothesis is strengthened by a 3,500-year-old medical text called the Ebers Papyrus, which describes a disease that "has produced a bubo, and the pus has petrified.” Some researchers ...

Instead, there’s more evidence they used the warmth of the Sun to heal. The Ebers Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical scroll from around 1500 BCE. It contains a recipe for an ointment to ...

References to it appear in an ancient Egyptian medical text called the Ebers Papyrus (1550BC). It was used as a laxative and to treat various skin conditions. Cleopatra is said to have used it in ...