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Ancient Roots Modern Medicine
Ancient Roots: Modern Medicine Series: all three episodes
Ancient Roots, Modern Medicine is a three-part series that explores this amazing convergence of ancient healing arts with modern
medical practices. These documentaries, produced by the award-winning Leading Object Media Group, present fascinating insights
into cultures around the globe that still practice ancient ways. The series also tracks intrepid scientists in their
exploration for new cures based on ancient medicinal plants.
Cost:
All three episodes: Jordan: The Middle East, Borderlands: USA/México and Curaçao: The Caribbean
- DVD: 2 DVD set with special features $24.95 plus shipping & handling (U.S., Canada & Mexico: $4.00 -- Overseas: $6.95)
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For International and Domestic TV,Cable, Satellite, Educational, DVD/Home Video rights Distribution, please contact Tapestry International
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Order this series by calling toll-free at (888) 750-4156 or via e-mail at
vstudio@nmsu.edu.
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Episode 1: Jordan: The Middle East
Travel to the unforgiving Badia Desert of Jordan where Bedouin nomads still battle diseases with age-old
treatments. This is a world of black-robed healers, wise herbalists called attars and mysterious plants
that survive in harsh, Middle East sands. Enter Dr. Sawsan Oran whose research with the black iris, her
country's national flower, is netting astonishing results. This showy bloom, used medicinally for centuries
by the Bedouin, has delivered strong, anti-leukemic effects in early laboratory trials. in early laboratory
trials.
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Episode 2: Borderlands: USA/México
Venture to the US/Mexico border, where people have been using medicinal plants for thousands of years and continue
today. It is a land of cacti, intense sun, and curanderos - those who heal with desert roots and herbs. Now,
American scientists are tapping into that precious knowledge - from an innovative program at New Mexico State
University to clinical tests at a cutting-edge Seattle research lab. Student researchers are discovering the power
of nature's wonders, and perhaps the next breakthrough medicine.
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Episode 3: Curaçao: The Caribbean
Journey to the exotic Caribbean island of Curaao, where healer Dinah Veeris is on a one-woman crusade to preserve her
homeland's threatened, medicinal plants. She is also saving the wisdom of a vanishing generation of healers whose
practices are steeped in African and Native American lore. And see how scientists are unlocking the power of the
island's botanical wealth - from the divi divi tree's amazing ability to fight staph infections to Mermaid's Hair,
a coastal blue-green algae with the promise of cancer cures.
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