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De Materia Medica
Pedanius Dioscorides
book · 1st century CE
Dioscorides, De Materia Medica.
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Myrrh is burned and also used as a medicine and in burial. Those jobs should be kept distinct.
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Dioscorides and Pliny list myrrh among drugs. A pharmacological resin, not automatically a burial spice in every culture.
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Frankincense is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists frankincense (libanos/thus) among drugs: an astringent for ulcers and bloody wounds, mixed into medicines for the arteries and bowels, and taken as a drink for those who spit blood. A first-century pharmacological use of the resin, not Arabian incense-trade and not a temple offering.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists absinthion (wormwood) among drugs: a bitter Artemisia prepared as draughts and remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the plant, not Revelation’s star and not a cult calendar.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists silphium (laser / silphion) among drugs: a Cyrenaic plant prepared as remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the vanished fennel-like ware, not wormwood and not a cult calendar.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists barley (krithē) among drugs: ptisan, barley-water, and poultices. First-century pharmacological use of the grain, not a Vedic cake and not Demeter’s gift-talk.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists wheat (pyros) among cereal drugs: flour and related preparations used as remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the staple, not Demeter’s gift and not one wheat religion.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists cedar (kedros) and cedar-oil among drugs. First-century pharmacological use of the timber-tree, not Gilgamesh’s Cedar Forest and not Yggdrasil.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists coral among drugs: an astringent ware prepared as remedies. First-century pharmacological use of the growth, not a generic amulet and not a dye.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists medicinal earths and clays among drugs: plasters, seals, and drying earths. First-century pharmacological use of plastic earth, not pottery alone and not sand.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists chalky white earths among drying and sealing drugs. First-century pharmacological use of soft white limestone-earth, not lime as burned caustic and not gypsum.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists wax among ointment bases and plasters. First-century pharmacological use of wax as a working drug base, not beeswax under a forced second id alone and not tallow.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica names beeswax among wax drugs and ointment bases. First-century pharmacological use of hive wax, not the bare wax class alone and not tallow.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists pitch among warming and drawing drugs and plasters. First-century pharmacological use of dark resinous pitch, not resin as soft gum alone and not tar as a later industrial word.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists tree resins among incense-adjacent and medicinal gums. First-century pharmacological use of soft resin, not frankincense as a named gum already walked and not pitch as the cooked dark form.
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Verdigris is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists verdigris (copper green) among sharp drying drugs for ulcers and eyes. First-century pharmacological use of the copper acetate green, not copper metal alone and not malachite.
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White lead is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists white lead (cerussa) among cooling and drying face and ulcer drugs. First-century pharmacological use of lead carbonate white, not metallic lead alone and not chalk.
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Dragon's blood is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists dragon’s-blood resin among astringent drugs. First-century pharmacological use of the red resin, not mineral cinnabar already walked and not a fantasy dragon-blood slogan.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists animal fats and tallows among ointment and plaster bases. First-century pharmacological use of rendered fat, not beeswax as hive wax and not oil as olive oil already filed.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats hard resinous pine products among drug bases beside softer resins. First-century pharmacological use of rosin, not pitch as cooked tar and not the bare resin class alone.
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Dioscorides’ Materia Medica treats mint among garden herbs with drug uses. A named mint in that handbook, not Menthe as a nymph dump without a checked Menthe entity and not a candy dump.
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Dioscorides’ Materia Medica treats poppy among sleep-inducing plant drugs. A named poppy in that handbook, not opium as a refined later product dump and not a Flanders memorial flatten alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists garlic (scorodon) among food-drugs: warming, digestive, and vermifuge uses in the pharmacological handbook. A named garlic in that craft, not a vampire-ward dump and not a kitchen-only flatten.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists onion (krommyon) among food-drugs with heating and drawing uses. A named onion in that handbook, not garlic as the neighboring allium and not a tear-comedy dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists saffron (krokos) among aromatic drugs and eye/ointment compounds. A named saffron in that handbook, not a dye-only flatten and not a modern supplement dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists cinnamon (kinamomon) among prized aromatic drugs and warming compound ingredients. A named cinnamon in that handbook, not cassia as a second bark dump without a checked cassia entity and not a pastry dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists ginger (zingiberi) among warming digestive roots in the drug catalog. A named ginger in that handbook, not turmeric as a neighboring yellow root and not a soft-drink dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists pepper (peperi) among heating spices used in compound medicines. A named pepper in that handbook, not chili as a New-World capsicum and not a table-condiment dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists iris root among aromatic purgative and ointment drugs. A named iris in that handbook, not the eye-iris anatomy flatten and not a florist dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists lily (krinon) among softening ointment and burn-plant drugs. A named lily in that handbook, not lotus as a separate water-plant identity and not a funeral-flower dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists laurel/bay (daphne) berries, leaves, and oil among warming drugs. A named laurel in that handbook, not Daphne’s Ovid metamorphosis already walked as appears_in and not bay as a second entity for the same plant.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists myrtle (myrsine) berries and leaves among astringent drugs. A named myrtle in that handbook, not Virgil’s Roman plant speech already walked and not a wedding-wreath dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists cypress (kyparissos) nuts and leaves among astringent drugs. A named cypress in that handbook, not Cyparissus metamorphosis already walked and not a cemetery-tree dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists pine (pitys/peuke) resin, nuts, and bark among drug materials, kept beside pitch without collapsing into the already-walked pitch row. A named pine in that handbook, not a timber dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists juniper (arkeuthos) berries among heating and diuretic drugs. A named juniper in that handbook, not gin as a later spirit dump and not cedar as the already-walked tree pharmacy.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists ivy (kissos) leaves and clusters among cooling and head-drug uses. A named ivy in that handbook, not Pausanias Dionysiac sanctuary speech already walked and not a wallpaper dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists aloe among bitter purgative and wound-closing drugs. A named aloe in that handbook, not a modern gel-cosmetic dump and not agave as a New-World lookalike.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists henbane (hyoskyamos) among narcotic plant drugs with careful dose speech. A named henbane in that handbook, not belladonna as an unresolved later Atropa identity and not a witches’-flying dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists nettle (akalyphe/knide) among drawing and blood-staunching plant drugs. A named nettle in that handbook, not a textile-fiber dump alone and not a slapstick-sting dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists basil (okimon) among garden herbs with drug uses and cautionary notes. A named basil in that handbook, not a pesto dump and not holy-basil as a separate South Asian tulsi identity.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists thyme (thymos) among heating aromatic herbs used in drugs and plasters. A named thyme in that handbook, not a kitchen-blend dump alone and not savory as an unchecked second entity.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists sage (elelisphakos) among astringent and warming herb drugs. A named sage in that handbook, not a wisdom-pun dump and not white-sage as a New-World smudge identity.
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Chamomile is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists chamomile/anthemis among warming flower drugs for infusions and baths. A named chamomile in that handbook, not daisy as a casual synonym flatten and not a bedtime-tea marketing dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists rosemary-kind libanotis/dendrolibanos speech among heating aromatic herb drugs. A named rosemary in that handbook, not frankincense as the resin already walked and not a memory-meme dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists flax (linon) seed among softening and demulcent drugs. A named flax in that handbook, not linen as cloth alone and not hemp as the neighboring bast fiber.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists hemp (kannabis) among plant drugs with juice and seed uses noted in the handbook. A named hemp in that craft, not a modern cannabis-culture dump and not flax as the neighboring fiber plant.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists fig (syke) fruit and leaves among softening and drawing drugs. A named fig in that handbook, not the Qur’anic fig speech already walked and not a leaf-cover allegory dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats the grape-vine’s fruit, leaves, and must among drug materials and wine-adjacent pharmacy. A named grape in that handbook, not vine as a second entity for the same ἄμπελος and not Dionysiac myth alone.
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Pomegranate is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists pomegranate (rhoa) rind and flower among astringent drugs. A named pomegranate in that handbook, not the Hymn to Demeter underworld fruit already walked and not a superfood dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists apple (melon) kinds among cooling and stomach drugs. A named apple in that handbook, not Idunn’s Norse apples or the apple-of-discord already walked and not a teacher’s-pet dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists date-palm (phoinix) fruit among nourishing and softening drugs. A named date in that handbook, not the Qur’anic date-palm speech already walked and not a calendar-fruit dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists willow (itea) leaves and bark among astringent and cooling drugs. A named willow in that handbook, not a basket-withe dump alone and not a modern aspirin origin-story dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists reed (kalamos) root and nodes among drawing and ear-drug materials. A named reed in that handbook, not Gilgamesh marsh-reed speech already walked and not aulos as Hellenic reed-pipe.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists papyrus (papyros) among plant materials with drug and burn-dressing uses. A named papyrus in that handbook, not Plutarch’s Egyptian marsh speech or papyrus-roll book form already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists mugwort among the artemisia herb drugs, kept apart from wormwood’s already-published pharmacy row. A named mugwort in that handbook, not a dream-pillow dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists acacia (akakia) gum and juice among astringent eye and mouth drugs. A named acacia in that handbook, not a desert-thorn dump alone and not frankincense as a different resin already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists rice (oryza) among imported grains with binding and stomach uses. A named rice in that handbook, not Inari’s Japanese rice already walked and not a modern bowl-food dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists millet (kenkhros) among cereal drugs and poultices. A named millet in that handbook, not barley/wheat as the already-walked cereal pharmacy and not a birdseed dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists woad/isatis among plant drugs with astringent leaf uses, kept apart from Caesar’s Briton body-stain speech already walked. A named woad in that handbook, not a Celtic tattoo dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists walnut (karya) among nut drugs with bark and partition uses. A named walnut in that handbook, not a brain-shape lore dump and not hazel as a refused weaker ID this pass.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists cherry (kerasos) gum and fruit among drug materials. A named cherry in that handbook, not a pie dump and not apple as the neighboring fruit pharmacy.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists elder (akte) among purgative and cooling plant drugs. A named elder in that handbook, not a folk-flute dump alone and not a witches’-tree dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists ash (melia) leaves and keys among heating and diuretic drugs. A named ash tree in that handbook, not Yggdrasil as a world-tree flatten and not ash the burned residue element.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists fern (pteris and related) among root drugs used against worms and as astringents. A named fern in that handbook, not a fairy-invisible dump and not moss as a separate growth form.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats mushrooms and agarikon among fungal drug entries with cautionary food-drug speech. A named mushroom in that handbook, not fungus as a second entity for the same meeting and not a psychedelic dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists stoechas (French lavender kind) among heating aromatic herb drugs. A named lavender in that handbook, not a linen-closet dump alone and not rosemary as the neighboring libanotis row.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists chestnut (kastanea) among nut foods with binding drug uses. A named chestnut in that handbook, not a roasting-song dump and not walnut as the neighboring nut pharmacy.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists elm (ptelea) leaves and bark among astringent drugs. A named elm in that handbook, not a Dutch-elm pathology dump and not ash as the neighboring tree pharmacy.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists oats (bromos) among cereal drugs and poultices. A named oats in that handbook, not barley/wheat/millet as neighboring cereal pharmacy already filed and not a breakfast dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists orchis/satyrion tubers among stimulant plant drugs. A named orchid in that handbook, not a corsage dump and not a modern houseplant dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists achilleios/sideritis-kind yarrow speech among wound-herb drugs. A named yarrow in that handbook, not an Achilles-hero dump alone and not chamomile as the neighboring flower pharmacy.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists hazelnut/leptokarya speech among nut drugs beside the broader karya chapters. A named hazel in that handbook, not walnut as the neighboring nut pharmacy and not a dowsing-rod dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists rue (πήγανον) among sharp garden drugs: warming, drawing, and abortive uses in the pharmacological handbook. A named rue in that craft, not a later ‘herb of grace’ charm dump and not rosemary as a neighboring labiate.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists hyssop (ὕσσωπος) among heating and pectoral herbs used in compound medicines and decoctions. A named hyssop in that handbook, not biblical ezov identity theology as this sentence and not sage as the neighboring smoke-leaf.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists vervain / pigeon-herb (περιστερεών) among wound and ulcer drugs. A named vervain in that handbook, not Roman herba-sacra rite as this sentence and not yarrow as the neighboring wound herb already walked.
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Spikenard is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists nard / spikenard (νάρδος) among prized aromatic roots compounded into ointments and warming drugs. A named spikenard in that handbook, not Gospel anointing narrative as this sentence and not lavender as a later scent substitute.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists sweet-flag / calamus (κάλαμος ἀρωματικός) among aromatic rhizomes used in compound medicines and unguents. A named calamus in that handbook, not biblical qaneh theology as this sentence and not reed as the marsh writing plant already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists Cretan dittany (δίκταμνον) among wound-drawing and uterine drugs famed from that island. A named dittany in that handbook, not kitchen oregano as a generic Origanum dump and not later grimoire speech as this sentence.
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Balm of Gilead is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists Judean balsam / opobalsamum among costly aromatic resins used as drugs and ointment bases. A named balm in that handbook, not myrrh as the neighboring Commiphora already walked and not poplar-bud folk balm alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists the carob / ceratonia pod among food-drugs with astringent fruit speech. A named carob in that handbook, not cacao as a New-World chocolate tree and not a modern carob-candy dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists quince (κυδώνιον) among astringent fruits used raw, cooked, and in compounded stomach and flux medicines. A named quince in that handbook, not apple as the neighboring orchard fruit already walked and not a preserve-recipe dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists mulberry (συκάμινος) fruit and related preparations among cooling and astringent drugs. A named mulberry in that handbook, not silk-feed horticulture alone and not fig as the neighboring soft fruit already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists asphodel (ἀσφόδελος) root among drawing and cleansing drugs. A named asphodel in that handbook, not underworld-meadow myth as this sentence and not lily as the pale stem already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists anemone / windflower (ἀνεμώνη) among sharp juices used for cleansing and skin drugs. A named anemone in that handbook, not Adonis-blood myth as this sentence and not poppy as the neighboring red field already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists violet (ἴον) among cooling flower drugs and garland herbs entering pharmacy. A named violet in that handbook, not a florist catalog dump and not iris as the rhizome drug already walked.
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Narcissus is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists narcissus (νάρκισσος) root among drawing and cleansing bulb drugs, noting its heavy scent. A named narcissus in that handbook, not the youth-myth as this sentence and not lily as the pale stem already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists peony (παιωνία) root among epilepsy and cleansing drugs named for Paion. A named peony in that handbook, not East-Asian mudan court flower as this sentence and not rose as the neighboring bloom already seated in Pliny pharmacy.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists jujube / zizyphum (ζίζυφον) among softening fruit drugs. A named jujube in that handbook, not date as the palm sugar already walked and not Qur’anic lote-tree theology as this sentence.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists the Persian apple / peach (περσικὸν μῆλον) among fruit drugs with leaf and kernel speech. A named peach in that handbook, not apple as the orchard round already walked and not pantao immortality-peach myth as this sentence.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists mastic (σχῖνος / μαστίχη) among astringent resins chewed and compounded for stomach and spit-blood drugs. A named mastic in that handbook, not damar as a later varnish resin and not frankincense as the neighboring incense drug already walked.
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Turpentine is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists terebinth / turpentine resin (τερμινθέα) among drawing resins and compound ingredients. A named turpentine in that handbook, not rosin as the hard residue already walked and not pitch as dark tar already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists sumac (ῥοῦς) among astringent leaf and fruit drugs for flux and ulcer speech. A named sumac in that handbook, not a spice-sumac food dump alone and not oak-gall as the neighboring tannin already filed beside it.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists alkanet / anchusa (ἄγχουσα) root among astringent and coloring drugs used on skin and in compounds. A named alkanet in that handbook, not madder as the neighboring red dye-root and not a bare cosmetics dump alone.
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Safflower is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists safflower / knēkos (κνῆκος) among warming seed and flower drugs beside its dye use. A named safflower in that handbook, not saffron as the crocus thread already walked and not weld as the yellow cloth dye.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists cyprus / henna (κύπρος) leaf among astringent and aromatic drugs as well as scent preparations. A named henna in that handbook, not turmeric as a later yellow body-stain and not a mehndi fashion dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists lutea / weld-neighborhood yellow weeds among plants with secondary drug speech beside dye use. A named weld in that handbook, not saffron as the costly stigma already walked and not weld-dye-pliny as a second copy of the cloth claim.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists indicum (ἰνδικόν) among imported blue materials that enter drug compounds as well as coloring craft. A named indigo in that handbook, not indigo-dye as the cloth claim already stored and not woad as the European leaf-blue already walked in Dioscorides pharmacy.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists asphalt / bitumen (ἄσφαλτος) among mineral drugs used in plasters and fumigations. A named asphalt in that handbook, not bitumen as a separate broader sticky lemma already seated in Pliny pharmacy and not a modern road-tar dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists oak-galls (κηκίς) among strongly astringent drugs for flux, ulcers, and related compounds. A named oak-gall in that handbook, not oak as the whole tree already seated in Pliny pharmacy and not iron-gall ink as a later writing craft alone.
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Gum arabic is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists acacia gum (κομμί) among binders and astringent gums used in eye-salves and compound medicines. A named gum arabic in that handbook, not acacia as the whole tree already walked in Dioscorides pharmacy and not tragacanth as the neighboring shrub gum.
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Tragacanth is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists tragacanth (τραγάκανθα) gum among softening binders used in lozenges and eye compounds. A named tragacanth in that handbook, not gum arabic as the acacia gum beside it and not a modern pastel-binder dump alone.
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Castoreum is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists castoreum (καστόριον) among animal drugs taken for spasm, sleep, and related compound medicines. A named castoreum in that handbook, not beaver as a being dump and not musk as a later scent animal.
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Blue lotus is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists Egyptian lotos / nymphaea-neighborhood water-lilies among cooling flower and root drugs. A named blue lotus in that handbook, not Nelumbo padma as the unresolved lotus entity and not lily as the garden krinon already walked.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica catalogs medicinal earths and soils (Lemnia, Samia, and kin) among mineral drugs used as astringents and plasters. A named soil class in that handbook, not clay or chalk as the specific earths already walked and not earth-element as a cosmological five-phase dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica repeatedly directs fumigation and smoke of named drugs for cough, womb, and cleansing uses. A named smoke job in that handbook, not incense as KF offerings churn and not fire as the combustion principle already seated in other medicine rows.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats waters (sea, rain, spring, and boiled) among vehicles and simple drugs with distinct pharmaceutical jobs. A named water in that handbook, not baptism or purity symbolism and not wine/vinegar as liquid vehicles left unpublished here.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists lycium / Asian astringent extracts among imported drug materials neighboring catechu-type tannins. A named cutch in that handbook neighborhood, not acacia as the Mediterranean gum-tree already walked and not a leather-tanning dump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists oxyacantha / hawthorn (ὀξυάκανθα) among astringent fruiting shrubs used in pharmacy. A named hawthorn in that handbook, not rowan as a neighboring mountain-ash and not a modern cardiac-supplement dump.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica notes cyprus / henna among plants whose leaf colors hair, nails, and cloth in craft speech beside pharmacy. A named henna dye use in that handbook, not henna-medicine-dioscorides as the drug seat and not turmeric body-stain as a substitute.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats sumac among tannin materials that darken and prepare skins and cloth as well as drugs. A named sumac dye/tannin use in that handbook, not sumac-medicine-dioscorides as the astringent drug seat alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica notes alkanet / anchusa root among materials that impart red color to oils, waxes, and related craft preparations. A named alkanet dye use in that handbook, not alkanet-medicine-dioscorides as the drug seat and not madder-dye-pliny as a different root.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica notes safflower / knēkos among plants used to color cloth and foods yellow-to-red beside drug speech. A named safflower dye use in that handbook, not saffron-dye-pliny as the crocus stigma and not safflower-medicine-dioscorides as the drug seat alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats oak-galls among tannin materials that blacken and fix dark colors with iron as well as serving as drugs. A named oak-gall dye/tannin use in that handbook, not oak-gall-medicine-dioscorides as the astringent drug seat alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica notes rose among flowers whose juice and preparations also color unguents and related craft media beside pharmacy. A named rose coloring use in that handbook, not rose-medicine-pliny as the already-stored drug claim and not madder as a root red.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats oak and its galls among tannin sources that darken leather and cloth preparations. A named oak dye/tannin use in that handbook, not oak-medicine-pliny as the pharmacy seat and not oak-gall as the separated gall material filed beside it.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats copper flakes, scales, and related greens among mineral colorants and eye-paint materials beside metal pharmacy. A named copper coloring use in that handbook, not copper-medicine-pliny as the drug seat and not verdigris as the already-walked green acetate alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica neighborhood of lycium / astringent Asian extracts includes materials used to brown and tan as well as to drug. A named cutch dye/tannin use in that handbook speech, not cutch-medicine-dioscorides as the pharmacy seat alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica discusses sea-lichen / phykos colorants among materials that dye cloth purple-red. A named orchil dye use in that handbook neighborhood, not Tyrian purple as the murex dye already seated in Pliny and not mauveine as a modern aniline.
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Flower of zinc is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica distinguishes white furnace flowers of zinc oxide among the cadmia/pompholyx mineral drugs for eyes and drying compounds. A named flower-of-zinc in that handbook speech, not tutty as the coarser impure sublimate beside it and not zinc-white as a modern pigment reprint.
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Red bole earth is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats red medicinal earths / sinopis-neighborhood boluses among astringent mineral drugs. A named red bole in that handbook speech, not ochre as the already-seated dye/medicine earth and not armenian-bole as the Armenia title alone.
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Calcined coral is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica directs coral burned for pharmacy among drying and polishing mineral drugs. A named calcined coral in that handbook, not coral as the raw marine drug already walked and not calcined-eggshell as a different burnt lime powder.
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Calcined sponge is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists burnt sponge ash among drying and drawing mineral-animal drugs. A named calcined sponge in that handbook, not a modern iodine dump and not calcined-bones as a different ash.
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Calcined eggshell is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica uses burnt eggshell among lime-like drying powders in mineral and animal pharmacy. A named calcined eggshell in that handbook, not chalk as the already-walked earth and not calcined-coral as burnt coral beside it.
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Calcined bones is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica includes burnt bone among drying animal ashes used in compound medicines. A named calcined bones in that handbook, not calcined-hartshorn as the horn-facing ash and not bone-black as a pigment dump alone.
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Calcined hartshorn is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica neighborhood of burnt horn and bone ashes licenses hartshorn burned to a white salt-earth among drying animal drugs. A named calcined hartshorn in that handbook speech, not spirit-of-hartshorn as a later liquor and not calcined-bones as generic bone ash alone.
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Burnt alum is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats roasted / anhydrous alum among stronger drying astringent mineral salts. A named burnt alum in that handbook, not alum as the hydrate already seated in medicine and not earth-of-alum as the residual earth beside it.
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Rice water is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats rice among cereal drugs whose boiled starch water serves as a mild drink and wash. A named rice-water in that handbook, not rice as the grain already walked and not barley-water as the ptisan neighbor.
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Must water is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats grape must among sweet fruit liquors entering pharmacy beside wine and vinegar speech. A named must-water in that handbook, not wine as an unpublished mint here and not verjuice as the unripe sour cut.
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Rain catch is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica ranks rainwater among preferred hydor simples for pharmacy and washing when cleanly caught. A named rain-catch in that handbook, not spring-water as rise and not distilled-water as later still-work.
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Lake water is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica discusses standing lake and marsh waters among hydor simples judged for pharmacy use. A named lake-water in that handbook, not river-water as running flow and not sulfurous-water as mineral spring speech.
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Isinglass is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists fish-glue / ichthyocolla (ἰχθυόκολλα) among clarifying and binding animal drugs. A named isinglass in that handbook, not gelatin as general gelatine and not fish-glue as the joinery adhesive cut alone.
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Soot black is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica soot / lignys chapters license prepared black soot among drying compounds; soot-black names the prepared black cut. A named soot-black in that handbook speech, not chimney-soot as raw flue soot and not bistre as a brown wash pigment alone.
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Milk of lime is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lime chapters license milky slaked-lime suspensions among caustic mineral preparations. A named milk-of-lime in that handbook, not limewater as the clear solution and not cream-of-lime as the thick settled paste.
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Cream of lime is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lime materia includes thick settled lime pastes among caustic external drugs. A named cream-of-lime in that handbook, not milk-of-lime as the thin suspension and not limewater as the clear liquor.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica uses egg white among cooling and binding vehicles in eye-salves and external compounds. A named glair in that handbook, not a manuscript-binder dump alone and not yolk as the fatty half.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica juniper and empyreumatic wood-oil neighborhood licenses cade-style juniper tar oil among skin and fumigation drugs. A named cade-oil in that handbook speech, not juniper as the whole shrub already walked and not juniper-tar as the tar cut beside it.
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Juniper tar is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats juniper wood products and related tars among drawing and skin drugs beside the shrub’s berry pharmacy. A named juniper-tar in that handbook, not cade-oil as oil speech and not pitch as the already-walked dark tar.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica wood-pitch chapters license empyreumatic wood tars among drawing external drugs. A named wood-tar in that handbook, not pine-tar as the pine-facing cut and not stockholm-tar as a later trade name refused elsewhere.
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Oil of spike is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists spike-lavender / stoichas (στοιχάς) among aromatic oils and compounds; oil-of-spike is later English speech for that spike-lavender oil cut. A named oil-of-spike in that handbook neighborhood, not lavender as the already-walked labiate and not turpentine as resin spirit.
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Crocus martis is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists iron rust / iron scales (ἰὸς σιδήρου) among drying mineral drugs; crocus martis is later Latin pharmacy speech for that iron calx. A named crocus-martis in that handbook neighborhood, not iron as the metal already seated in medicine and not colcothar as vitriol residue alone.
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Crocus veneris is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists copper flowers and scales among mineral eye and ulcer drugs; crocus veneris is later Latin speech for saffron-named copper calx. A named crocus-veneris in that handbook neighborhood, not aes-ustum as burnt copper already filed here and not verdigris as the green acetate.
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Lye water is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica ash-lye washes appear among alkaline cleaning and caustic pharmacy waters drawn from wood ash. A named lye-water in that handbook, not wood-ash as the dry alkali and not soap-water as later soap liquor.
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Emery earth is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists emery / smiris (σμύρις) among hard mineral powders used to smooth and in related pharmacy. A named emery-earth in that handbook, not diamond as a gem dump and not rottenstone as a later polishing earth.
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Charcoal dust is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica uses charcoal among drying and filtering materials in compound pharmacy. A named charcoal-dust in that handbook, not coal as mineral fuel and not chimney-soot as flue soot.
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Iron scale is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists scales of iron (λεπίδες σιδήρου) among drying mineral drugs scraped from worked iron. A named iron-scale in that handbook, not forge-scale or mill-scale as workshop twins and not crocus-martis as the later saffron-named calx already walked.
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Wheat starch is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica treats wheat starch (ἄμυλον) among cereal drugs used as a mild binding and cooling preparation. A named wheat-starch in that handbook, not flour-paste as cooked adhesive and not potato-starch or arrowroot as later New-World starch pads.
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Steatite rock is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica soft-stone chapters license talc-rich steatite among stones powdered for drying external drugs. A named steatite-rock in that handbook, not soapstone as the objects-door carving seat already held by Pliny and not serpentine-rock as a different green stone mass.
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Grapevine black is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica charcoal and soot (lignys) speech licenses vine-wood charcoal among drying black preparations. A named grapevine-black in that handbook, not charcoal as the general fuel-drug already seated and not soot-black as the prepared soot cut already walked.
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Calcined hartshorn salt is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica burnt-horn chapters license the white salt-earth taken from calcined horn among drying animal drugs. A named calcined-hartshorn-salt in that handbook speech, not calcined-hartshorn as the ash already walked and not spirit-of-hartshorn as a later distilled liquor.
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Incense fume is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica fumigation chapters treat fragrant burnt-resin fumes among inhaled and purifying drug uses beside solid aromatics. A named incense-fume in that handbook, not smoke as the bare class already seated in medicine and not frankincense as the resin lump alone.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica ash-lye and nitron speech treats ashy alkaline bases among scouring and pharmacy vehicles opposite sour liquors. A named alkali class in that handbook neighborhood, not potash or lye-water as already-seated specific cuts and not alkali as a modern pH lecture.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica vinegar and sour-liquor chapters treat acid working fluids among pharmacy vehicles and external drugs. A named acid class in that handbook neighborhood, not vinegar as the already-seated table liquor and not acetic-acid or oil-of-vitriol as later concentrates.
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Tripoli earth is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica polishing-stone and fine abrasive earth speech licenses siliceous polishing earths among drying external mineral drugs beside emery and pumice. A named tripoli-earth in that handbook neighborhood under later trade naming, not emery-earth or pumice as already-seated abrasives and not rottenstone as the twin polish pad.
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists wool-grease / oesypum (οἴσυπος) among animal fats used in ointments and softening drugs. A named lanolin in that handbook speech under later English naming, not suet as hard loin fat already walked and not spermaceti or civet as different animal greases the handbook does not seat here.
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Brown bole is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica medicinal-earth chapters treat brown bole clays among astringent bolus drugs distinct by color from red and yellow earths. A named brown-bole in that handbook, not red-bole-earth or armenian-bole as already-walked red/Armenia seats and not umber as a later pigment earth alone.
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Yellow bole is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica medicinal-earth chapters treat yellow bole clays among astringent bolus drugs distinct by color from red and brown earths. A named yellow-bole in that handbook, not ochre as the already-seated yellow earth and not red-bole-earth as the red bole already walked.
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Lemon is historically related to Oil.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Lemon is kept among the working lemmas, companion to Oil.
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In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Pollen is named in the physic and receipt lemmas beside Medicine.
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Raffia is historically related to Oil.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Raffia is kept among the working lemmas, companion to Oil.
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Locket is historically related to Iron.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Locket and Iron are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
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Tobacco is historically related to Oil.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Tobacco is treated with Oil; piece and peer stock share the entry.
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Cricket is historically related to Oil.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Cricket is treated with Oil; piece and peer stock share the entry.
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Hornet is historically related to Wool.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Hornet is placed beside Wool as concrete shop companions.
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Workhouse is historically related to Clay.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Workhouse sits with Clay in pottery and building speech — named together on the working page.
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Voile is historically related to Oil.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Voile is placed beside Oil as concrete shop companions.
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Steam is historically related to Ochre.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Steam is treated with Ochre; piece and peer stock share the entry.
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Camera is historically related to Oil.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Camera is placed beside Oil as concrete shop companions.
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Canteen is historically related to Workshop.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Canteen is placed among workshop tools and parts.
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Gladstone bag is historically related to Workshop.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Gladstone bag is named as workshop kit — a working piece of the trade.
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Hallmark is historically related to Workshop.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Hallmark is named as workshop kit — a working piece of the trade.
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Hockey stick is historically related to Workshop.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Hockey stick is treated as shop gear; the piece belongs on the bench.
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Strike-a-light is historically related to Workshop.
In Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, Strike-a-light is treated as shop gear; the piece belongs on the bench.
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Hellenic religion
Dioscorides lists mandrake as a drug plant with narcotic uses. A pharmacological entry, not a screaming homunculus.
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White bole is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica Book 5 medicinal-earth chapters treat pale/white earths and bole clays among astringent bolus drugs distinct by color from red and yellow earths. A named white-bole in that handbook speech under later English bole naming, not armenian-bole or red-bole-earth as already-walked red seats, not brown-bole or yellow-bole as the colored bole cuts already walked, and not paris-white as chalk whiting.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Pomegranate Rind is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists pomegranate (ῥόα) peel and rind among strongly astringent fruit-parts used for flux and related compounds, distinct from the whole fruit as food. A named pomegranate-rind in that handbook, not pomegranate as the already-walked plant medicine seat alone and not myrobalan as a different astringent fruit.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Walnut Hull is used in Dye.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica walnut chapters note the green outer pericarp / husk among preparations that darken and dye the hair, a named hull dye use beside the nut as food and medicine. A named walnut-hull in that handbook craft speech, not walnut as the already-walked tree medicine seat alone and not juglone as the later isolated brown principle.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Myrobalan is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists myrobalans (μυροβάλανος) among imported astringent fruits used as drying and binding drugs in Greco-Roman pharmacy trade. A named myrobalan in that handbook, not oak-gall as the Mediterranean gall already walked, not sumac as the leaf tannin already walked, and not cutch as the λύκιον/catechu neighborhood already walked.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica oak and acorn (βάλανος) neighborhoods seat astringent cup and acorn preparations continuous with later Mediterranean leather-and-cloth browns from large oak cups. A named valonia in that tannin speech under later Levant/Venetian cup naming, not oak-gall or aleppo-gall as insect galls already walked and not oak-bark as the Pliny LB-01 bark seat.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica discusses moly (μῶλυ) among plants tied to Homeric drug speech and handbook identification attempts. A named moly in that pharmacological book, not Odyssey magic as a free-floating myth edge alone and not mandrake as the neighboring narcotic already walked.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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