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Rehmannia angulata (Oliv.)Hemsl. Scrophulariaceae Chinese foxglove. Distribution: China. Named for Joseph Rehmann ((1753-1831) German physician (Stearn, 1994) who emigrated to St Petersburg and became the personal physician to Tsar Nicholas 1. Rehmannia glutinosa is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for arthritis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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Rodgersia aesculifolia Batalin Saxifraginaceae Chestnut-leaved Rodgersia. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Northern China. Named for Rear Admiral John Rodgers (1812-1882), American naval officer who commanded the Pacific expedition 1852-1856 when the genus was first discovered. Used as a Traditional Chinese Medicine for rheumatism, bronchitis, dysentery, asthma, and gastritis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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Leprosy: treatment, traditional medicine
The Leprosy Mission International
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Text on traditional Chinese medicine.
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Text on traditional Chinese medicine.
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A medicinal plant and a snake in the form of a question mark; representing traditional medicine in the Dominican Republic. Colour lithograph, 1994.
Encuentro sobre medicina tradicional dominicana 1994 : Santo Domingo, República Dominicana)Date: 1994Reference: 679000i
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Yao Shang, Chinese sage, wearing traditional costume and holding a medicine container (?). Watercolour, China, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 567597i
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A doctor of law and medicine in traditional costume, Lombardy. Pencil drawing by the librarian of the University of Padua 1915.
Date: 1915Reference: 21544i
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Yao Wang, Chinese god of healing also known as the 'King of Medicine', wearing traditional costume and holding a medicine container (?). Watercolour, China, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 567593i
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Watercolour of Shen Nung, Chinese deity of Medicine etc.
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Senecio pulcher Hook.&Arn. Asteraceae Distribution: South America. It has not attracted attention as a medicinal or toxic plant but members of the genus Senecio contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids that are toxic to the liver and may cause liver cancer. A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) product, Qianbai Biyan Pian, contains Senecio scandens which contains the unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids, senecionine and seneciphylline. This is now a banned drug. (Safety of Herbal Medicinal Products, July 2002, Medicines Control Agency). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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Senecio pulcher Hook.&Arn. Asteraceae Distribution: South America. It has not attracted attention as a medicinal or toxic plant but members of the genus Senecio contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids that are toxic to the liver and may cause liver cancer. A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) product, Qianbai Biyan Pian, contains Senecio scandens which contains the unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids, senecionine and seneciphylline. This is now a banned drug. (Safety of Herbal Medicinal Products, July 2002, Medicines Control Agency). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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Shen nung, chinese deity of medicine.
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Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin.
Larmessin, Nicolas de.Reference: 44562i
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Drawing: Mandala representing 8 medicine Buddhas.
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Lacquered wood, masseurs operating on shoulders and back.
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Wood masseur operating on another's head.
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Medicine for fever of smallpox, Ekor Country Medicine creation for fever, Uyanga
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An Aboriginal medicine man or shaman from the Kakadu tribe sucking the illness from a patient. Process print after B. Spencer, 1914.
Spencer, Baldwin, 1860-1929.Date: 1914Reference: 21343i
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Mahonia japonica DC. Berberidaceae. Evergreen shrub. Distribution: China, although long cultivated in Japan. Listed as an ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicines. No European or modern medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley
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A machi, or medicine woman, Araucania, Chile.
Date: [19th century]Reference: 21494i
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An African medicine man or shaman using symbols and small animals to eject a demon (disease). Wood engraving by Dalziel after J. Leech.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Reference: 21353i
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Three angry Indians throwing stones and sticks at a medicine man. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 21501i
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Three native North American medicine men dressed in elaborate ritual masks and costumes. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21503i
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An Ashluslay Indian medicine man examining a sick patient, South America. Halftone after a photograph E. Nordenskiöld.
Nordenskiöld, E.Reference: 21377i