• Kyphi, cyphi, or Egyptian cyphi is a compound incense that was used in ancient Egypt for religious and medical purposes. Kyphi (Latin: cyphi) is romanized...
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    history. Cinnamon, for example, was widely utilized in the production of Kyphi, a perfume used in ancient Egypt. Other herbs and spices have also been...
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    Manniche, however, links the origins of theriac to the ancient Egyptian kyphi recipe, which was also used medicinally. Greek physician Galen devoted a...
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    mummies. From the Ptolemaic Kingdom onward, Ancient Egyptian recipes for kyphi, an aromatic used for burning, included cinnamon and cassia. The gifts of...
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    in ancient Egypt and was treated by drinking an incense mixture known as kyphi. It was officially named as a specific respiratory problem by Hippocrates...
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    are used in folk medicine. Roots of Near East species were a component of kyphi, a medical incense of Ancient Egypt. Tubers of C. rotundus (purple nut-sedge)...
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    Mithridates was also said to have received samples including megalium and kyphi from Zopyrus of Alexandria and treatises from Asclepiades in lieu of a requested...
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    poorly-understood TRPV3 ion channels in the brain. Incense trade route Kyphi Kōbako Kōdō, incense arts Silk Road Smudging Votive candle "Incense". merriam-webster...
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    Sacred Book, On Antiquity and Religion, On Festivals, On the Preparation of Kyphi, and the Digest of Physics. The treatise Book of Sothis has also been attributed...
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    shrub contained for example in the sacred Ancient Egyptian incense kp.t (kyphi), is sometimes considered to be C. spinosa. Other species have also recorded...
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