Category Archives: Muscle, Skeleton
The willow (Salix spp.) is a large tree with thin, hanging branches that bear slender leaves and flower clusters called catkins. The bark and leaves were used to make an anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving medicine in ancient Mesopotamia, Babylon, Sumeria, Egypt, China and Greece. You will find willow listed in the Edwin Smith Papyrus amongst the clinical cases, where it was used to treat a surgical wound to the breast by applying it as a poultice.1 Hippocrates knew the willow and recommended chewing the bark for treating fever and to assist child birth, and it is listed in Dioscorides for treating several complaints including intestinal obstruction and gout.2
(more…)Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition characterised by the loss of bone density and structure, which weakens the bones and increases fracture risk. This condition most commonly effects the elderly, particularly the bones of the arms, hip and spine.
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