Revalenta arabica
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Revalenta Arabica, or Ervalenta, was a preparation sold in the 18th century as an empirical diet for patients, extraordinary restorative virtues being attributed to it.
The product that was mass-marketed was, in reality, only a preparation of the common
split peas
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Original
The real Revalenta arabica is the "root" of Georg Schweinfurth discovered Glossostemon bruguieri as its source.[2]
They are prepared as a light dish for ailing or ill persons. Plant and usage had been described in Firdous al-Hikmah ("Paradise of Wisdom") of Ali al-Tabari, a medicinal encyclopedia from the 9th century AD.[2][3]
References
- This article incorporates text from the International Cyclopedia of 1890, a publication now in the public domain.
- Carl Prantl: Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen. W. Engelmann, Leipzig 1887. Nachträge zu III. 6. S. 241
- ^ a b p. 35 of Max Meyerhof: Alî at-Tabarî's "Paradise of Wisdom", one of the oldest Arabic compendiums of medicine. In: Isis. Tome 16, Nr. 1 (July 1931), pp. 6–54.
- ^ "Paradise of Wisdom" chapter 245