triaca magna 37
Also teriaca, from the Greek therion theriou, fierce, was a composite of many ingredients of animal, vegetable and mineral 40 MDR; in some cases they reached 70 ) among those who stood out opium and honey, originally attributed to Andrómaco, doctor of Nero, who replaced lizard meat with the Viper. This preparation was used at the beginning as an antidote against poison, to be considered later in medieval medicine a panacea against all diseases with many discussions about its real value to very entrance modernity. The presence of the opium given somniferous, narcotic and analgesic properties. In some cases it was used as a completing element.