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Medicinal clay, the Glossary

The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times.^[1]

49 relations: Algonquian peoples, Armenian bole, Avicenna, Bentonite, Carcinogen, Cation-exchange capacity, Chelation therapy, Cholera, Clay, Demulcent, Diatomaceous earth, Diosmectite, Ebers Papyrus, Evidence-based medicine, Excipient, Food and Drug Administration, Fuller's earth, Galen, Geophagia, Ibn al-Baytar, Iron, Itch, Julius Stumpf, Kaolinite, Kaopectate, Lemnos, Maalox, Mesopotamia, Montmorillonite, Mud bath, National Academy of Medicine, Ochre, Palygorskite, Pedanius Dioscorides, Peloid, Pierre Belon, Pliny the Younger, Poultice, Rolaids, Shrink–swell capacity, Silesia, Smectite, Soranus of Ephesus, Terra sigillata, Thomas Harriot, Tissue engineering, Trace element, Traditional medicine, Zeolite.
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Algonquian peoples

The Algonquians are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups.

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Armenian bole

Armenian bole, also known as bolus armenus or bole armoniac, is an earthy clay, usually red, native to Armenia but also found in other places.

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Ibn Sina (translit; – 22 June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers.

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Bentonite

Bentonite is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite. Medicinal clay and Bentonite are phyllosilicates.

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Carcinogen

A carcinogen is any agent that promotes the development of cancer.

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Cation-exchange capacity

Cation-exchange capacity (CEC) is a measure of how many cations can be retained on soil particle surfaces.

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Chelation therapy

Chelation therapy is a medical procedure that involves the administration of chelating agents to remove heavy metals from the body. Medicinal clay and Chelation therapy are Alternative detoxification.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4). Medicinal clay and clay are phyllosilicates.

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Demulcent

A demulcent (derived from the demulcere "caress") is a mucilaginous or oleaginous preparation that forms a soothing protective film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.

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Diatomaceous earth

Diatomaceous earth, diatomite, celite or kieselgur/kieselguhr is a naturally occurring, soft, siliceous sedimentary rock that can be crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder.

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Diosmectite

Diosmectite (brand names Smecta, Smecdral) is a natural silicate of aluminium and magnesium used as an intestinal adsorbent in the treatment of several gastrointestinal diseases, including infectious and non-infectious acute and chronic diarrhoea, including irritable bowel syndrome diarrhea subtype.

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Ebers Papyrus

The Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to (the late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom).

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Evidence-based medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

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Excipient

Excipient is a substance formulated alongside the active ingredient of a medication.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Fuller's earth

Fuller's earth is a term for various clays used as an absorbent, filter, or bleaching agent.

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Galen

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher.

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Geophagia

Geophagia, also known as geophagy, is the intentional practice of eating earth or soil-like substances such as clay, chalk, or termite mounds.

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Ibn al-Baytar

Diyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (1197–1248 AD) was an Andalusian Arab physician, botanist, pharmacist and scientist.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Itch

An itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes a strong desire or reflex to scratch.

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Julius Stumpf

Julius Stumpf (1836 - 1932) was a German physician and scientist who used white clay from Germany to treat a deadly form of Asian cholera, diphtheria, gangrene, ulcers of the tibia and the skin disease eczema.

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Kaolinite

Kaolinite (also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition: Al2Si2O5(OH)4. Medicinal clay and Kaolinite are phyllosilicates.

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Kaopectate

Kaopectate is an orally taken medication from invented by Jonathan Jordan for the treatment of mild diarrhea.

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Lemnos

Lemnos or Limnos (Λήμνος; Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea.

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Maalox

Maalox was a brand of antacid owned by Sanofi.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Montmorillonite

Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals that form when they precipitate from water solution as microscopic crystals, known as clay.

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Mud bath

A mud bath is a therapeutic spa treatment that involves soaking in a bath of warm mud, often in a natural hot spring or geothermal pool.

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National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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Ochre

Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.

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Palygorskite

Palygorskite or attapulgite is a magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate with the chemical formula) that occurs in a type of clay soil common to the Southeastern United States.

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Pedanius Dioscorides

Pedanius Dioscorides (Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης,; 40–90 AD), "the father of pharmacognosy", was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of (On Medical Material), a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for more than 1,500 years.

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Peloid

Peloid is defined as a mature clay, mud or mud suspension or dispersion with curative or cosmetic properties, consisting of a complex mixture of fine-grained materials of geological and/or biological origin, mineral or sea water, and organic compounds commonly arising from some biological metabolic activity", used therapeutically, as part of balneotherapy, or therapeutic bathing.

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Pierre Belon

Pierre Belon (1517 – April 1564) was a French traveller, naturalist, writer and diplomat.

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Pliny the Younger

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 –), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome.

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Poultice

A poultice, also called a cataplasm, is a soft moist mass, often heated and medicated, that is spread on cloth and placed over the skin to treat an aching, inflamed, or painful part of the body.

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Rolaids

Rolaids is an American brand of calcium and magnesium-based antacid produced by Procter & Gamble.

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Shrink–swell capacity

The shrink–swell capacity of soils refers to the extent certain clay minerals will expand when wet and retract when dry.

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Silesia

Silesia (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Smectite

A smectite is a mineral mixture of various swelling sheet silicates (phyllosilicates), which have a three-layer 2:1 (TOT) structure and belong to the clay minerals. Medicinal clay and smectite are phyllosilicates.

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Soranus of Ephesus

Soranus of Ephesus (Σωρανός ὁ Ἑφέσιος; 1st/2nd century AD) was a Greek physician.

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Terra sigillata

Terra sigillata is a term with at least three distinct meanings: as a description of medieval medicinal earth; in archaeology, as a general term for some of the fine red Ancient Roman pottery with glossy surface slips made in specific areas of the Roman Empire; and more recently, as a description of a contemporary studio pottery technique supposedly inspired by ancient pottery. Medicinal clay and Terra sigillata are history of ancient medicine.

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Thomas Harriot

Thomas Harriot (– 2 July 1621), also spelled Harriott, Hariot or Heriot, was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator to whom the theory of refraction is attributed.

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Tissue engineering

Tissue engineering is a biomedical engineering discipline that uses a combination of cells, engineering, materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physicochemical factors to restore, maintain, improve, or replace different types of biological tissues.

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Trace element

A trace element is a chemical element of a minute quantity, a trace amount, especially used in referring to a micronutrient, but is also used to refer to minor elements in the composition of a rock, or other chemical substance.

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Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.

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Zeolite

Zeolite is a family of several microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_clay

Also known as Healing clay, Kaolin and morphine.

Medicinal clay, the Glossary

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Alternative detoxification

Biologically based therapies

History of ancient medicine

References