Sedative Plants In Ancient Egypt - Shehatta Attia, Venice Ibrahim
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There is a lot and versatile evidences showing several kinds of sedative (narcotic) plants that was used in ancient Egypt. Egyptologists confirm making it clear that uses of narcotics varied from practical daily life uses (mood boost) to religious use (incense offered to the Gods), besides being mainly and widely used medically as a treatment of various ailments. Some references points to the existence and uses of sedative plant flowers in ancient Egypt such as those found inscribed on the Pyramid texts, also traces of Hemp and Cannabis material is said to being found in the tomb of the…mehr

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There is a lot and versatile evidences showing several kinds of sedative (narcotic) plants that was used in ancient Egypt. Egyptologists confirm making it clear that uses of narcotics varied from practical daily life uses (mood boost) to religious use (incense offered to the Gods), besides being mainly and widely used medically as a treatment of various ailments. Some references points to the existence and uses of sedative plant flowers in ancient Egypt such as those found inscribed on the Pyramid texts, also traces of Hemp and Cannabis material is said to being found in the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Ancient Egyptian physicians undoubtedly knew the fact that blue water lily, cannabis, datura, mandrake and poppy were pain killers.
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The author is Egyptian, with BSc in Science, major chemistry/ Microbiology, Ain Shams University.She was the director of the Mummies& Human Remains laboratory in the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation center (GEMCC), was the director of the Coptic Museum conservation department, and is a freelance researcher and writer.