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Salih Demir, MSc
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Traditional Medicine
Historical, cultural, and folk healing perspectives from around the Mediterranean and global traditions.
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105
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12
Wellness Tools
3
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⏱️ 11 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Ibn al-Nafis & The Discovery of Pulmonary Blood Circulation: Correcting Galenic Ventricular Pores in 1242 CE
How Damascus-born physician Ibn al-Nafis proved blood flows from the right to the left ventricle through the pulmonary capillary transit 300 years before William Harvey.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 11 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu & Cerrahiyyetü'l-Haniyye (1465): The First Illustrated Surgical Atlas of Anatolian Medicine
An analysis of the master physician of Amasya Darüşşifa: 140 hand-painted surgical miniatures, innovative pediatric procedures, and female surgical practitioners.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 12 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Andreas Vesalius & De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543): Human Cadaver Dissections and the Birth of Modern Empirical Anatomy
How a 28-year-old anatomist at the University of Padua performed his own dissections, refuted over 200 Galenic anatomical errors, and founded modern anatomical science.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 11 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Paracelsus & The Birth of Chemical Pharmacology: Sola Dosis Facit Venenum, Iatrochemistry, and Mineral Therapeutics
The fiery Swiss alchemist-physician Philippus von Hohenheim (1493–1541): rejecting humoral dogma, burning Galenic books, and establishing toxicology: The dose makes the poison.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 11 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
William Harvey & The Mechanics of Blood Circulation (1628): De Motu Cordis and the Cardiovascular Hydraulic Circuit
How English royal physician William Harvey measured cardiac stroke volume, mathematically disproved blood consumption, and proved closed-loop cardiovascular circulation.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 11 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Ignaz Semmelweis & Antiseptic Hand Hygiene: The Tragic Fight for Maternal Survival and Chlorinated Lime Handwashing
The tragic story of the Savior of Mothers at Vienna General Hospital: proving medical student cadaver particles caused childbed fever, and the birth of clinical antisepsis.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 13 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch & The Germ Theory of Disease: Overturning Spontaneous Generation and the Vaccine Revolution
A master historical guide to the microbiological revolution: swan-neck flask experiments, Koch's postulates, rabies vaccination, and the foundation of modern infectious medicine.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 12 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera): Withanolides, GABAergic HPA-Axis Regulation, and Cortisol Reduction
A clinical pharmacognosy review of Indian Winter Cherry: steroidal withanolide A/D lactones, GABA-mimetic central calming, and serum cortisol dampening.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 11 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Triphala: The Three-Fruit Synergy (Amalaki, Bibhitaki, Haritaki) for Intestinal Toning and Colonic Motility
A master guide to the classic Ayurvedic herbal formulation: hydrolyzable tannins, gentle peristaltic motility, and prebiotic short-chain fatty acid stimulation.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 12 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Shilajit & Fulvic Minerals: Dibenzo-Alpha-Pyrones, CoQ10 Electron Synergy, and Mitochondrial Respiration
The black resin of Himalayan high-altitude cliffs: fulvic acid molecular carrier kinetics, trace ionic minerals, and mitochondrial ATP replenishment.
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Salih Demir, MSc
⏱️ 10 min
Traditional Medicine
Sep 2, 2026
Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus): Steroidal Saponins, Phytoestrogenic Modulation, and Female Vitality Adaptogenesis
The premier Ayurvedic rasayana for women: shatavarins I-IV, corticoid receptor buffering, and reproductive endocrine equilibrium.
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Salih Demir, MSc
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 11 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Al-Razi (Rhazes) & Infectious Disease Differentiation: Smallpox vs. Measles, Medicinal Ethanol, and Medical Skepticism
A scientific monograph on Abu Bakr al-Razi (865–925 CE): the world's first clinical differentiation between smallpox and measles, introducing medical ethanol, and Doubts About Galen.
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Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 11 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Ibn al-Nafis & The Discovery of Pulmonary Blood Circulation: Correcting Galenic Ventricular Pores in 1242 CE
How Damascus-born physician Ibn al-Nafis proved blood flows from the right to the left ventricle through the pulmonary capillary transit 300 years before William Harvey.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 11 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu & Cerrahiyyetü'l-Haniyye (1465): The First Illustrated Surgical Atlas of Anatolian Medicine
An analysis of the master physician of Amasya Darüşşifa: 140 hand-painted surgical miniatures, innovative pediatric procedures, and female surgical practitioners.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 12 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Andreas Vesalius & De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543): Human Cadaver Dissections and the Birth of Modern Empirical Anatomy
How a 28-year-old anatomist at the University of Padua performed his own dissections, refuted over 200 Galenic anatomical errors, and founded modern anatomical science.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 11 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Paracelsus & The Birth of Chemical Pharmacology: Sola Dosis Facit Venenum, Iatrochemistry, and Mineral Therapeutics
The fiery Swiss alchemist-physician Philippus von Hohenheim (1493–1541): rejecting humoral dogma, burning Galenic books, and establishing toxicology: The dose makes the poison.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 11 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
William Harvey & The Mechanics of Blood Circulation (1628): De Motu Cordis and the Cardiovascular Hydraulic Circuit
How English royal physician William Harvey measured cardiac stroke volume, mathematically disproved blood consumption, and proved closed-loop cardiovascular circulation.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 11 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Ignaz Semmelweis & Antiseptic Hand Hygiene: The Tragic Fight for Maternal Survival and Chlorinated Lime Handwashing
The tragic story of the Savior of Mothers at Vienna General Hospital: proving medical student cadaver particles caused childbed fever, and the birth of clinical antisepsis.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 13 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch & The Germ Theory of Disease: Overturning Spontaneous Generation and the Vaccine Revolution
A master historical guide to the microbiological revolution: swan-neck flask experiments, Koch's postulates, rabies vaccination, and the foundation of modern infectious medicine.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 12 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera): Withanolides, GABAergic HPA-Axis Regulation, and Cortisol Reduction
A clinical pharmacognosy review of Indian Winter Cherry: steroidal withanolide A/D lactones, GABA-mimetic central calming, and serum cortisol dampening.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 11 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Triphala: The Three-Fruit Synergy (Amalaki, Bibhitaki, Haritaki) for Intestinal Toning and Colonic Motility
A master guide to the classic Ayurvedic herbal formulation: hydrolyzable tannins, gentle peristaltic motility, and prebiotic short-chain fatty acid stimulation.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 12 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Shilajit & Fulvic Minerals: Dibenzo-Alpha-Pyrones, CoQ10 Electron Synergy, and Mitochondrial Respiration
The black resin of Himalayan high-altitude cliffs: fulvic acid molecular carrier kinetics, trace ionic minerals, and mitochondrial ATP replenishment.
Read Full Blueprint →
Traditional Medicine
⏱️ 10 min read
• By Salih Demir, MSc
Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus): Steroidal Saponins, Phytoestrogenic Modulation, and Female Vitality Adaptogenesis
The premier Ayurvedic rasayana for women: shatavarins I-IV, corticoid receptor buffering, and reproductive endocrine equilibrium.
Read Full Blueprint →