MEDITERANEAN WISDOM AND HEALTH
Portugal embedded in Mediterranean cultures with wisdom, health and beauty
A search for the knowledge, wisdom and beauty that was present in Jerusalem in the 11th century and brought by Templars to Portugal. From there explore the health and the beauty in practical healthcenters offering treatment from beauty salons, bathing, massage, medicines, natural treatment with herbs and oils, detoxication in an old Egyptian way, clay bathing and skin treatment starting a Mediterenean health center
Sumerians
Sumerian Tablets - Lost Ancient Civilization Forbidden History of the Sumerians
Persia
Egypt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_medicine
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/medicine.htm
https://uk.lush.com/article/natural-beauty-secrets-ancient-egyptians
http://www.natural-homeremedies.org/blog/ancient-egyptian-beauty-secrets-and-tips/
http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/egyptian-makeup-beauty-and-fitness-secrets/
http://www.corespirit.com/secrets-ancient-egyptian-natural-beauty/
13 Ancient Egyptian Beauty Secrets
1. Many Egyptian women used Sea Salt from The Dead Sea. Cleopatra used this salt in her bath. This Sea Salt was a skin rejuvenator and it combats skin problems like eczema and psoriasis. Use pure Sea Salt Facial Toner for a great skin.
2. The combination of Milk and Honey was really popular as a face mask or body wash.
3. A hair mask was made with Coconut Milk and warm Extra Virgin Olive Oil to strengthen and condition hair.
4. Aloe Vera played a HUGE part in Egyptian and Indian beauty routines. It was used for skin, hair, healing burns etc. This ingredient was like a All in 1 ingredient. They even ate it sometimes to improve digestion and lose weight.
5. Avocado was used to reduce the puffiness under eyes.
6. A technique called Body Sugaring was used to remove Body Hair. It removed the hair from roots and when it grows back, there will be less of it and it will be softer.
7. Rosemary Oil, Castor Oil and Almond Oil was used to stimulate hair growth.
8. Egyptian women used a lot of Aromatic Oils for a clean hygiene. The most popular were frankincense and myrrh essential oils. These were their treasured scents and the most adored.
9. The combination of Honey and Natron (or Baking Soda) was used as a facial scrub.
10. Coconut Oil, Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter was used as hair gels and to hold their hairstyles in place.
11. Cleopatra used crocodile’s dung and Donkey’s milk together as a Body Wash.
12. Henna was popular to give their nails and hair a tinted colour of yellow-red tones.
13. They made eye liner out of galena and lead sulfide. The spice saffron was used as an eyeshadow, burnt almonds to darken eyebrows and red ochre to color lips.
http://www.corespirit.com/category/spiritual-wellness/mythology/egyptian-mythology/
Greece
http://www.greekmedicine.net/introduction.html
https://www.annmariegianni.com/ancient-beauty-rituals/
Italy
http://www.termediroma.org/it/home.php
The Albule Waters are sulfuric, hypothermic. They preserve the name given to them since antiquity because of the whitish color (from the Latin adjective "albula" = whitish water) due to the gas emulsion that forms on the surface, when, as the pressure decreases, release carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide before dissolved in water. The waters flowing from the two Regina and Colonnelle lakes, north of the Tiburtina road, reach the spas in the amount of 3,000 liters per second. Mineral water constantly keeps the temperature of 23 ° C throughout the year. In the 19th century there were chemical analyzes that confirmed the therapeutic powers of the Acque Albule.
CURE INHALATION
The therapeutic possibilities with inhalation therapies are numerous. In respiratory diseases, inhaled therapy is particularly effective for the treatment of: relapsing bronchitis, chronic catarrhal bronchitis, bronchial asthma and emphysema in forms associated with inflammatory manifestations of mild to moderate degree.
In otorhinolaryngological diseases, inhaled care is indicated for the treatment of relapsing rhinitis, chronic rhinitis, allergic and vasomotor rhinitis, relapsing, allergic and chronic sinusitis, recurrent and chronic pharyngitis, catarrhal syndrome, rhinogenic deafness, tubar catarrh, relapsing and chronic.
The purpose of inhaled therapy is to contact the ear-nose-throat mucous membranes with the fragmented mineral water and the gases contained therein. Depending on the type of technique used for fragmentation, it is referred to as inhalations, aerosols, insufflation.
https://www.lifeinitaly.com/cosmetics-history
http://www.termedistigliano.it/health-spa/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_ancient_Rome
Juda-Essenes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essenes
The Essenes have gained fame in modern times as a result of the discovery of an extensive group of religious documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are commonly believed to be the Essenes' library—although not conclusive. These documents preserve multiple copies of parts of the Hebrew Bible untouched from possibly as early as 300 BCE until their discovery in 1946.
The Mystery of the Essenes
Discover the spirituality, practices, and writings of this esoteric community which resurfaced in history just before the appearance of the Messiah. This presentation traces Essene origins to ancient Egypt, highlights surprising connections to Christian teaching , and offers images representing the life and perennial wisdom of these little known and mysterious practitioners of holy living.
http://www.treeoflifefoundation.org/service/peace/modern-essenes/
Celts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts
Like other European Iron Age tribal societies, the Celts practised a polytheistic religion.[121] Many Celtic gods are known from texts and inscriptions from the Roman period. Rites and sacrifices were carried out by priests known as druids. The Celts did not see their gods as having human shapes until late in the Iron Age. Celtic shrines were situated in remote areas such as hilltops, groves, and lakes.
Early Islamic / Sufis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world
Exploring Sufism - What is Sufism? (Episode 1/2) Rumi documentary - English
https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/sp-gn-profound-lessons-rumi/
In all the world’s history, if there was one person who truly understood love it was probably Rumi. Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic who believed that universal love was the cornerstone of spiritual living — so much so that he wrote about it in nearly all his poems and talked about it in all his speeches. But he talked about more than that.
Portugal
Descendants of Essenes, the Cathars also lived in Portugal and had an enormous influence on the life and culture in Portugal:
Catharism itself was a Christian religious movement with dualistic and Gnostic elements that appeared in the Languedoc region of France (Occitania at the time) around the middle of the 12th century. The movement was branded by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical with some authorities denouncing them as not being Christian at all. It existed throughout much of Western Europe (including Aragon and Catalonia in Spain, the Rhineland and Flanders in Northern Europe and Lombardy and Tuscany in Italy), but its focus was in the Languedoc and surrounding areas of what is now southern France. In addition it had links with the similar Christian movement the Bogomils (Friends of God) from the Balkans. The Cathars were ruthlessly suppressed and finally exterminated by the Catholic Church in the 14th century.
The Cathars believed that there were two principal powers in the Universe. One, God, was entirely good and dwelt in a condition of pure Spirit and Light, while the other, Satan/Lucifer, "the prince of this world" was entirely evil and ruled over the world of Matter, hence their rejection of physical pleasures.
- Regional wisdom of healing with plants, prayings and supernatural healing by parfaites, medicine woman/healer in Portugal before 1570 forbidden by Inquisition enforced by Catholic Church and Spain.