theriac, theriaca

a compound of sixty-four drugs made into an electuary by pulverization and the addition of honey, formerly used as an antidote for poison. Also called Venice treacle. — theriac, theriacal, therial, adj.

See also: Drugs

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References in classic literature

Fragment #21 -- Scholiast on Nicander, Theriaca, 452:

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The two poems of Nicander that have survived in their entirety are the Theriaca, about venomous animals and the treatment of their wounds (958 lines), and the Alexipharmaca, about herbal medicines (630 lines).

Aetna and Aetnaism: Schiller, Vibrant Matter, and the Phenomenal Regimes of Ancient Poetry

Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca: A Literary Commentary

sealing clay and theriaca or by its moderate temperament which cools what is warm and warms what is cold.

Comparison between used herbs for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease [GERD] in Iranian Traditional of Medicine [ITM]

El medico renacentista Andres Laguna no hace una especial referencia a las propiedades medicinales de los ajos, solamente comenta que iguales propiedades tienen los que crecen salvajes como los cultivados, aunque si senala que constituian <<familiar Theriaca de rusticas gentes>> indicando el uso popular en medicina lo que equivalia a senalar que entre las clases sociales de la burguesia y nobleza ya estaba desterrado su uso.

Aspectos culinarios y farmaceuticos del ajo

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