“The ingredients combined to treat this infection appear promising to the modern microbiologist,” researchers wrote in the journal mBio. They reconstructed the remedy, which they believe was used to treat styes, then known as “wen,” which are caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
The “ancientbiotics” turned out to be effective, with the study noting their “activity relies on the combined activity of several antimicrobial ingredients” and highlights the “untapped potential of premodern remedies for yielding novel therapeutics at a time when new antibiotics are desperately needed.” In other instances, garlic was used by ancient Greece, Rome, India and China for infections and respiratory ailments, while in ancient Egypt, China, Serbia, Greece and Rome moldy bread was applied as a topical treatment for infections. Other ancient civilizations relied on herbs, honey and, in some cases, animal feces to treat infection...<<<Read More>>>...
