A Pompeian Herbal: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants

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When workmen excavating the ruins of Pompeii eagerly gathered the native medicinal plants growing there, Wilhelmina Jashemski discovered that this was another example of the continuity of life in the shadow of Vesuvius. Many of the plants used for herbal medicine around Pompeii today are the same ones that ancient authorities such as Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides recommended for treating the same types of disorders.. "In this book, Jashemski presents an herbal of thirty-six medicinal plants, most of them known ...
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When workmen excavating the ruins of Pompeii eagerly gathered the native medicinal plants growing there, Wilhelmina Jashemski discovered that this was another example of the continuity of life in the shadow of Vesuvius. Many of the plants used for herbal medicine around Pompeii today are the same ones that ancient authorities such as Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides recommended for treating the same types of disorders.. "In this book, Jashemski presents an herbal of thirty-six medicinal plants, most of them known to the ancients and still employed today. She describes each plant's contemporary medicinal uses and compares them to ancient practices as recorded in literary sources. Scientific, English, and Italian names and the plant's mythological associations complete the entries, while elegant, full-page portraits depict each plant visually. In her introduction, Jashemski also discusses the literary and archaeological sources used to construct the herbal, as well as the striking continuities between Roman and modern times that she has observed during more than forty years of archaeological exploration and discovery.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780292740600
  • Publisher: University of Texas Press
  • Publication date: 1/28/1999
  • Edition description: 1 ED
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 123
  • Product dimensions: 7.03 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 0.51 (d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviations of Authors Cited or Quoted
Preface
I Introduction - Medicinal Plants: Then and Now 1
II Medicinal Plants at Pompeii: Then and Now 22
1 Adiantum capillus-veneris L. - maiden-hair fern 22
2 Alcea rosea L. - hollyhock 24
3 Artemisia absinthium L. - common wormwood 26
4 Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi - calamint savory 28
5 Castanea sativa Miller - European chestnut 30
6 Centranthus ruber (L.) DC. - red valerian 32
7 Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert - camomile 34
8 Cichorium intybus L. - chicory 36
9 Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. - lemon 38
10 Cyclamen hederifolium Aiton - cyclamen 40
11 Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. - Bermuda grass 42
12 Delphinium halteratum Sibth. & Sm. - larkspur 44
13 Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC. - wall rocket 46
14 Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. - eucalyptus 48
15 Ficus carica L. - fig 50
16 Foeniculum vulgare Miller - fennel 52
17 Hordeum vulgare L. - six-rowed barley 54
18 Hypericum perforatum L. - St. John's wort 56
19 Juglans regia L. - English or Persian walnut 58
20 Lactuca sativa L. - lettuce 60
21 Laurus nobilis L. - laurel, bay tree 62
22 Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. - sweet alyssum 64
23 Malus domestica Borkh. - apple 66
24 Malva sylvestris L. - common mallow 68
25 Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. - apple mint 70
26 Myrtus communis L. - myrtle 72
27 Parietaria officinalis L. - wall pellitory 74
28 Petroselinum crispum (Miller) A. W. Hill - parsley 76
29 Plantago major L. - plantain 78
30 Polygonum aviculare L. - knotgrass 80
31 Portulaca oleracea L. - purslane 82
32 Rubus ulmifolius Schott - bramble, wild blackberry 84
33 Ruta graveolens L. - rue 86
34 Sambucus nigra L. - elderberry 88
35 Verbascum sinuatum L. - mullein 90
36 Verbena officinalis L. - vervain, verbena 92
Ancient Authors Cited or Quoted 95
Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources 97
List of Illustrations 99
Index 101
Greek Index 107
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