Researchers have investigated a medicinal clay that was 'highly prized' as a therapeutic for various ailments in antiquity.
An ancient medicinal clay whose use stretches back at least 2,500 years has yielded insights that could help improve gut health in the modern age, a study reports.The clay in question—known as Lemnian Earth —was long 'highly prized' as a therapeutic. Found on the Greek island of Lemnos, the clay was shaped into small pellets or tablets and taken orally, either on its own, as a powder, drunk with wine or mixed with botanicals.
One, the team set out to test this hypothesis. To do this, the authors grew their own fungus in the lab, combined with two different clays.The clays chosen had mineralogical compositions similar to those found in historical LE samples. The fungus chosen was Penicillium purpurogenum, a member of the genera identified in the historical samples.
One, 19, e0313090. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313090
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