fromAncientEgypt,whichhavebeendiscovered.ThesearetheSmithPapyrus(2600B.C.E)and
theEbers Papyrus(1500 B.C.E.).
Plate 10: Section from the Smith Papyrus
Plate 11:Section from the Ebers Papyrus
BasedonAncientEgyptianteachingsonhealth,thecauseofalldiseasesisadisease
processoriginatingintheintestines.Thisdiseaseprocess,Ukhedu,arisesduetothe
following reasons:
“The source of illness is the food you ingest; to purge the dreadful UKHEDUwhich lurks in your
bowels,
for three consecutive days each month purge yourself with a cattle horn
its sharp end clipped off so as to create a small opening (for water to run through).”
-Ancient Egyptian Teaching on Health