Read the text and complete the sentences with the right words. Many ancient societies employed herbs for medicinal treatment and to relieve pain and recorded their uses. However, it was not until the advent of a more scientific approach to medicine, which was initiated Hippocrates in the 5th century BCE, that a more consistent method of classifying plants according to their therapeutic action was taken. The full development of herbal medicine began the work of the Roman soldier-physician Dioscorides in the 1st century CE. In his seminal text, "De Materia Medica" ("On Medicinal Substances"), he summarised his knowledge of plants gained through years of observing their medicinal uses. Dioscorides' most important insight was to organise the work according to the physiological effect of each drug on the body. He recorded 944 drugs, of which more than 650 were of plant origin, and described their physical properties, as well as how they should be prepared, their medicinal effects, how long one could help recover disease, and what diseases they were effective against. Many of these plants, such as willow and camomile, treated a range of conditions and became the basic of medieval herbalists.

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Many ancient societies employed herbs for medicinal treatment and to relieve [tolerant|severe|harsh|difficult] pain and recorded their uses. However, it was not until the advent of a more scientific approach to medicine, which was initiated [with|by|after|for] Hippocrates in the 5th century BCE, that a more consistent method of classifying plants according to their therapeutic action was taken.

The full development of herbal medicine began [for|on|by|with] the work of the Roman soldier-physician Dioscorides in the 1st century CE. In his seminal text, "De Materia Medica" ("On Medicinal Substances"), he summarised his knowledge of plants gained through years of observing their medicinal uses. Dioscorides' most important insight was to organise the work according to the physiological effect of each drug on the body. He recorded 944 drugs, of which more than 650 were of plant origin, and described their physical properties, as well as how they should be prepared, their medicinal effects, how long one could help recover [of|from|for|against ] disease, and what diseases they were effective against. Many of these plants, such as willow and camomile, treated a range of conditions and became the basic [prescription|recipe|script|receipt] of medieval herbalists.

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