Medicated wine 5100 years ago

Medicated wine 5100 years ago
Author: Beautiful and fragrant flowers

The yellow residue on the gallipot that Egypt found may include the red wine evidence of pharmaceutial use with a history of 5100 years

(The picture is offered: GermanArchaeologicalInstituteofCairo) The wine is year is the longer the more easy to drink, but the trace of a kind of old red wine lets researchers have an opportunity in history of medical science of the quick glance. New archaeological research showed, as far back as 3150 B.C., ancient Egyptians had already mixed the wine with medical herbs together, this find, know the therapeutic method most early time advance 1300 years already. Meanwhile, it even gave a clue in order to treat modern disease.

It is early before there is history that is recordedding, it has had medical function that the mankind has already known some plants and pressed things out. The anthropologist PatrickMcGovern of American University of Pennsylvania says, some views think, people at that time comprehended to, if mixed some medical herbs with alcohol together, not only can make the formers keep more permanent but also dissolve more abundantly than in water, and then make them more effective. The merits and demerits were tested repeatedly, the early doctor can already direct against a series of disease, modulate various medicine which include alcohol skillfully.

Though researchers are not clear when the mankind added medical herbs to their wine at first, but the sha toilet paper of such ancient Egyptian red wine of clerking is determined in the 1850 B.C. now by times initially. But in 1994, German archaeologist found some more direct evidences accidentally: They are lying in king's coffin pit all one's life of scorpion of Egyptian Abydos - -Probably built in 3150 B.C. - -China has found a gallipot, among them there is yellow residue in flakes, the archaeologist analyzes the residue. McGovern that had worked with German research group in 2001 asserts, included crystallization of salt that wine stone acid was left in the remainder after decomposing in grapes. McGovern points out: "This has proved effectively it is used for wine that these containers are used. "

The analysis on residue announced the existence of the resin at the same time. McGovern and colleague utilize a series of chemical means to comb out other chemical additive, and matched them with the known plant. The result indicates, compound found in test may relate to a large number of medical herbs, include fragrant peppermint, the intersection of face cream and grass, rush down leaf, coriander, peppermint, the intersection of mouse and the intersection of tail and grass and thyme.

Unfortunately, enough and accurate and standard test the what medical herbs dissolve in red wine among them, but these medical herbs have been all referred to on the sha toilet paper that has recorded Egyptian medical science, they can treat a series of disease. Researchers compare this discovery with residue in pot for one A.D. 500 found in south of Egypt subsequently. This pot is confirmed to ever hold and has added the red wine of medical herbs. The result reveals, compound in the pot that Abydos finds exists in known medicated wine too. As to McGovern, this is a good evidence, indicate ancient Egyptians have already put medical herbs into their red wine in scorpion's king's times.

Food scientist RosaMariaLamuela-Ravent who studies Spain Barcelona university of the ancient Egyptian red wine S says: "This methodology that research institute uses is very excellent, and the thesis is also full of insights. " Lamuela-Ravent S says: "This is an identification of science, show red wine the media for regarding as the medicine in ancient Egypt. "

McGovern has already begun to cooperate with the cancer researchers of University of Pennsylvania, thus test whether medical herbs compound found in ancient times beer and red wine resist the efficiency of cancer. The focal point of the work at present is to analyze the fermented beverage from ancient China - -Such as rice wine - -Compound of China, but McGovern shows, they will analyze ancient Egyptian red wine finally.

(beautiful and fragrant flowers are translated fromwww.science.com, April 15)

Medicated wine 5100 years ago