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By Ancient Civilization
Digital copies of primary materia medica
AZTEC
Historia general de las cosas de nueva España (General history of the things of New Spain)
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590)
CHINESE
Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing
Original text unavailable (206 BC and 220 AD) trans. Yang Shou-zong (1998-2008)
EGYPT
Ebers Papyrus
(1536 B.C.) trans. Georg Ebers (1875)
GREEK
Hippocratic Corpus
A body of works with ties to Hippocrates, author(s) unknown (5th Century BC - 2nd Century AD) An online digital copy of "The Genuine Works of Hippocrates. Charles Darwin Adams. (English) 1868"
INDIAN
Charak Samhita
First text of the Brhat Trayi of Ayurveda (Online wiki)
Sushruta Samhita
Second text of the Brhat Trayi of Ayurveda (English trans.)
Ashtanga Samhita
Third text of the Brhat Trayi of Ayurveda (English trans.)
MAYAN
Ix Hmen U Tzaco Ah Maya: Maya Herbal Medicine
Belize natural healer Aurora Garcia Saqui (2016) (Amazon Book)
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