Apothecary - Medicine in the 1700s

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero.
"Let Food be thy Medicine, and Medicine be thy Food." - Hypocrites.

Another excellent video. Thank you

I had stomach problem for few years, pills didn't work as good as it should. Then I started to drink chamomile tea. After some time I could stop taking pills.
And there's many others herbs that I use, but this one is the most common one for me.

With his depth of Kniwledge as a Gardener and Apothecary did he write any Books?

I love this (more like this please!)! Said the Bard:

I hold it ever,
Virtue and cunning were endowments greater
Than nobleness and riches: careless heirs
May the two latter darken and expend;
But immortality attends the former.
Making a man a god. 'Tis known, I ever
Have studied physic, through which secret art,
By turning o'er authorities, I have,
Together with my practise, made familiar
To me and to my aid the blest infusions
That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones;
And I can speak of the disturbances
That nature works, and of her cures; which doth give me
A more content in course of true delight
Than to be thirsty after tottering honour,
Or tie my treasure up in silken bags,
To please the fool and death.

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I loved this video! So fascinating!

That was good stuff

My grandmother Valeriana ( suitable name) from Spain was a herbal medicine woman. She knew so very much about this and she learned it from her mother on her turn. I heard the lady say that “they didn’t know it worked” I would phrase it another way. They knew it worked, but just not why it did. This knowledge was already so old. Even the Romans used some of these methods.
Unfortunately I never knew my Spanish granny.. She was born around 1900. This was a very interesting episode. Thank you.

Acchilia milleflorum. Yarrow is also one of the herbs used in ancient Egyptian embalming fluid. I used it in my bathtub to soften my skin

I would think that cinnamon would have to be imported also.

She said they didn't like using opium not true !!!!! Ok be real stop the propaganda history is history if aberham was alive he would tell you yeah and they liked cokecane too be real she needs stop changing history or trying lucky there is us out there that know the true history Thomas Jefferson grew opium

Foxglove is very dangerous

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Am a nurse, and an army medic. For nursing, we had to learn a lot about herbal products that can interfere with modern medicine. For example, yarrow can't be used with heparin or warfarin or heparin since yarrow coagulates and the heparin is an anticoagulant. Also cranberry products can treat a UTI. St. John's wart products cant be used with conventional antidepressants since it can throw you into serotonin syndrome since the herb and the pills work the same way. If an herb can interfere with the medicine either by negating an effect or increasing an effect of the medicine, its is an effective treatment as well

People forget that many modern medicines come from plants. Even harsh ones. Taxol, the most common chemotherapy drug used for cancer often called the "red devil" is literally the concentrated extract from the bark of the pacific yew tree. Aspirin, the most common NSAID in the world, comes straight from the bark of white willow trees.

She's a perfect orator and teacher

There is an episode of "TIME TEAM" a popular British program where they went to a ruined Scottish monastery. In a gully on its grounds, they were able to identify 400 medicinal herbs, still growing wild. One of the herbs they refused to id, because they feared people would use it for weight loss.

Valyrian root? Is George RR Martin an herbalist? 😂

Cochineal is a BUG! It is used to dye red and used today in fabric and Foods (think m&M's 😱).
So, that's what folks with osteoporosis ought to use, ashed deer antlers! 😄

Some of this is dangerously misleading. If you're sick please do see a doctor and get actual medicine please.

CLOVE oil (diluted a bit) works topically to prevent and speed up healing of acne.

We live in the Pacific NW and my dad to make some extra money as a kid, used to go collect cascara bark and sell it to the chemist/pharmacist. It's still used in some laxatives today.

I’m envisioning a return to this type of medicine and healthcare.
Thank God for people like Kim who keep this wisdom and knowledge alive. ❤️

My Grandfather was Cree Métis always used mustard packs for colds and chest issues would always be sure to not leave on too long due to the potential for burns, also taught me about the uses of Rat Root or Sweet Flag for some of the same issues and for help with stomach aches

I think they did know, even if they did not have specific words. I think we need to give historical people more credit than we do, sometimes, particularly the women who were midwives and knowledge keepers.

My brother sent me a link to your channel because my kitchen looks like this (minus the bugs...lol). Such a great show! The docent did an amazing job :-).

Perfect video to be released on my birthday, don't know how I missed it last year.

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This is what I think of when people say "western" medicine.

What I think of medicine today is that it is just "industrial" medicine. It has pros and cons, but the unaffordability in America is driving this kind of research and knowledge. That is why the nutraceutical industry has grown so much ever since the Affordable Care Act.

If Democrats win again, I'm putting money into vitamin supplier and nutraceutical stocks, because they are the free market reaction to overly bureaucratic medicine.

I watched this video once.... so now I don't need medical school.


Any takers? buy five treatments and the 6th is free.

So informative! Needs a little work on the pronunciation of the apothecary's name. Is she saying Ramón?

The horehound bottle isn't mislabled, that's the latin name for the species.

Given I usually play Alchemist classes in games, this really resonates with me. Herbalism and medicine fascinates me

He had to flee Spain and the inquisition

I love how both were in appropriate attire

this has been an amazing video and I am an MD and I wished they still taught us about these plants, I learn a lot about our history and feel very connected to it thru your cooking ,building and readings, thanks for all you do helping us learn.

What a fascinating episode! This lady certainly knows her stuff. I am hoping to get to St. Augustine soon and I'll definitely be visiting this place. Thank you for posting this Townsends!

this woman is a little too combative for my taste. sorry john.

Ah thats why they didnt need that free wine guy back then had some good plants

Love this!

I'm super surprised that he had to import lavender, because where I'm from lavender is so easy to grow it's basically a weed!

Thank you for making this happen

What interesting insights into apothecaries in the 18th century! She’s an excellent and knowledgeable lecturer 😎👏🏽

Some plants are truly magical. I use them for healing all the time.

I had cancer and one of the primary treatments was "Etoposide", which is derived from the mandrake plant. It was interesting to learn that we still derive vital medicines from plants.

I wish I knew what they used for migraines! I’d give my left nut to know what works without it being narcotics that we have today.