Ancient Romans used poo as medicine - and now there's visual proof ...

Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea. Ancient ...

Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments, according to new research.

The ancient Chinese root Polygonum multiflorum, which has been used for more than a thousand years to "blacken hair and ...

The vial, also known as an unguentarium, is commonly believed to have held perfumes or cosmetic oils.

A centuries-old Chinese medicinal root is getting new scientific attention as a potential game-changer for common hair loss.

Ancient Greco-Roman texts discuss the use of excrement in medicine, but this is the first direct evidence we've found that confirms the written descriptions.

The study of a 1,900-year-old vial found in Pergamon suggests that the Romans used feces as medicine, and thyme to mask the ...

A cringeworthy new study has discovered dark-brown flakes inside a Roman glass medicinal vial, ...

That single vial—an unguentarium recovered from a tomb in ancient Pergamon, once a major medical hub—has now delivered rare, chemical evidence that human feces were used as medicine in the Roman world ...

Boro LaipubamThe evolution of medicine is the long journey from supernatural and herbal remedies in prehistoric times to today’s Science based, technology-driven healthcare. Since the primordial age, ...

A medieval cataract surgery described in Chinese texts may have its roots in India, a Pune-based historian of science and medicine said during a recent talk in Delhi. Vijaya Jayant Deshpande, speaking ...