Article ID: CBB693294171

An overview of headache treatments during the tenth century (2024)

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Although the history of treating headaches spans thousands of years, scientists during the tenth century made unique and significant contributions to understanding, treating, and preventing the development of headaches. In fact, the tenth century saw the ability to differentiate between types of headache and treatments for the first time. This article looks at the contributions of Persian, Anglo-Saxon, and Chinese medicine to the diagnosis and treatment of different types of headaches in the tenth century. It does so with reference to a range of herbal, surgical, and pharmacological methods of treating this ailment. The article also uncovers how tenth-century herbal remedies were effective at explaining the properties of their ingredients in modern terms and concepts including analgesia, anti-inflammation, and antinociception, and explores the way tenth-century treatments relieved painful headaches and prevented their recurrence.

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Authors & Contributors
Liu, Yan
Hae-Byoul Choi
Ayari-Lassueur, Sylvie
Bian, He
Brown, Miranda
Buell, Paul D.
Journals
Korean Journal of Medical History
Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Gesnerus
Health and History
Publishers
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Cambridge University Press
Boydell & Brewer
Princeton University Press
Reaktion Books
Concepts
Medicine, Chinese traditional
Pharmacology
Medicine, herbal
Medicine
Acupuncture
Materia medica
People
Avicenna
Louis XIV, King of France
Rashid al-Din Tabid
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
19th century
20th century
Early modern
Places
China
Persia (Iran)
Great Britain
Tibet
Europe
France
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Paris. Jardin Royal des Plantes
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