ABOUT THE MEDICINE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

In those days Hezekiah became ill terminally. What illness coincided with the moment of feverish political activity, was a serious setback. After all, many States Syria and Palestine stand on cunning and prudent King of Judea, with hope. But how does Hezekiah was healed?

"And Isaiah said: take a layer of figs. And they took, and appended a abscess; and he recovered.

In the history it is not uncommon to find amazing Parallels and analogies. It happened in the case of this biblical method of treatment.

In 1939, in the North of the Syrian harbor of Ras shamra French archaeologists discovered among the ruins of the Phoenician port of Ugarit fragments of ancient books on veterinary medicine. Recipes collected in it, have been successfully used by peoples of the ancient East since time immemorial. These natural medicines can be effectively used to treat people.

Many of the tried and tested remedies of this kind, rising back to biblical times and are usually made from natural components, now irrevocably lost. But many have survived to pass on from generation to generation; among them-and therapeutic SALVES of figs recipe. To this day, Swiss doctors prescribe to treat some kinds of abscesses broth chopped figs to milk. Another tool, like a layer of figs-thick sticky cream of grape juice. To figs also added raisins and oatmeal.

 NOTE. Under an existing information, in ancient Israel in different centuries art of doctoring women owned all.