Identification of herbal remedies for the first 3 recipes Aptekarskiy prikaz of 1581

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25419218-2022-04-04
Issue: 
4
Year: 
2022

R.M. Mukhamedzyanov(1), T.R. Mukhamedzyanov(2)
1-Territorial body of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Aksakova st., 62, Ufa, Republic
of Bashkortostan, 450052, Russian Federation;
2-Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Bashkir State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health
of the Russian Federation, Lenina st., 3, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, 450008, Russian Federation

Introduction. The documents of the Pharmaceutical Prikaz (Aptekarskiy prikaz) have been little studied by pharmaceutical science. The analysis of the first prescriptions will reveal the range of medicines of the initial pores in the history of domestic pharmacy. Objective: to identification of plant materials described in the earliest documents of the Aptekarskiy prikaz, dated September 1581. Material and methods. Identification was carried out by comparing the ingredients of the recipe with the Antwerp Pharmacopoeia (1560) and the Russian text of the herbalist-healer "A pleasant flower garden of a garden of health" (1534). Results. All 41 names of herbal remedies included in the first 3 prescriptions of the Aptekarskiy prikaz of 1581 have been identified and their modern names have been established. Conclusion. All the names of the incoming herbal ingredients of the first recipes are pharmacopoeial, 37 (90%) out of 41 names of herbal remedies had Russian names.
Keywords: 
Tsardom of Muscovy
Pharmaceutical Prikaz (Aptekarskiy prikaz)
first pharmacy
medicinal plants
identification
Johannes Eyloff
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