CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Dioscorides’s De materia medica The Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides, of Anazarbus in Asia Minor, wrote a five-volume treatise concerning medical matters, entitled in Greek or De materia medica in Latin.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Materia media” are Latin words that mean “materials of medicine, ” that is, the various medicines used in homeopathy from the plant, mineral, animal, or chemical kingdoms. Homeopathic medicines are listed in Latin so that homeopaths (and patients) can be precise with the exact source of the medicinal substance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Published in two volumes in 1805, Hahnemann’s Latin work Fragmenta de viribus medicamentorum is the first materia medica in the history of homoeopathy.

Detailed explanation-4: -A materia medica is comprised of individual monographs. A monograph is an in-depth study into one plant. For example, my materia medica on lavender Medicinal Properties of Lavender. Often materia medicas will have images of the plant, for easy identification.