{"id":40951,"date":"2017-12-22T12:24:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=40951"},"modified":"2018-01-02T17:24:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:24:55","slug":"jeffrey-aronson-when-i-use-a-word-wise-men-pharmacology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2017\/12\/22\/jeffrey-aronson-when-i-use-a-word-wise-men-pharmacology\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word. . .Wise men pharmacology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The three magi, the three Kings of the East, or the three wise men (Latin magus, a wise man, Greek \u03bc\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2), are also known as the three Kings of Cologne, their bodies having supposedly been deposited in Cologne Cathedral in 1164 by Rainald of Dassel, who looted them from Milan after the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa\u2019s second siege of that city in 1162.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40952\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40952\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2017\/12\/jeff_aronson_three_kings-178x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2017\/12\/jeff_aronson_three_kings-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2017\/12\/jeff_aronson_three_kings-300x507.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2017\/12\/jeff_aronson_three_kings.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40954\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40954\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2017\/12\/jeff_aronson_three_kings2-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2017\/12\/jeff_aronson_three_kings2-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2017\/12\/jeff_aronson_three_kings2.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mediaeval Armenian depiction by Yovhannes of Bekri (1362) of the three Magi bringing their gifts, as described in the Greek version of Matthew: \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u1f77\u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u1f75\u03bd\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b4\u1ff6\u03c1\u03b1, \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u1f78\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u1f77\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03bc\u1f7b\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd (opening their treasure chests they offered him their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh). Their legendary names were <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?id=NrEeAAAAIAAJ&amp;pg=PA23&amp;lpg=PA23&amp;dq=%22names+for+the+nameless+in+the+New+Testament%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=o9KkveymKs&amp;sig=BkhL7Ch-g3KH3clXb69nEVxJnHg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi-mdiX-Y7YAhVQGsAKHXdTDqMQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%22names%20for%20the%20nameless%20in%20the%20New%20Testament%22&amp;f=false\">recorded<\/a> in the Excerpta et Collectanea: Balthazar (with dark skin and a thick beard), Melchior (with white hair and beard), and Caspar (young, ruddy, and beardless).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Melchior\u2019s name is from the Hebrew, malki-or, \u201cmy King of light\u201d. Caspar\u2019s name (also found as Gaspar or Jasper) is Persian, from Kansbar, a treasurer. Balthazar\u2019s name is Babylonian, from Baal-tas-assar, \u201cmay Baal preserve his life\u201d, related to Belshazzar, whose feast is described in the Book of Daniel, from Bel-shar-uzzur, \u201cMay Bel protect the King\u201d. The Babylonian god Bel, mentioned in Isaiah and Jeremiah, was cognate with Baal, a fertility god of the Northern Semites, who is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. He was also Marduk, the Babylonian god of the spring sun, and Belus, a Phoenician god; En-lil, the Babylonian god of the earth was also often referred to as Bel. In Hebrew \u201cbaal\u201d came to mean a lord; the name Beelzebub means \u201cLord of the Flies\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The magi, wise though they were, may not have been physicians, but their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, described in Matthew (2:11), have been used in modern therapeutics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The IndoEuropean root GHEL, to shine, gives us words such as yellow and gold, among <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2015\/10\/23\/jeffrey-aronson-when-i-use-a-word-all-gall\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">many others<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Another IndoEuropean root AUS, to shine, like the dawn aurora, gives aurum, Latin for gold. Gold salts, sodium aurothiomalate, given intramuscularly, and auranofin, given orally, have been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Taken up by macrophages, they inhibit phagocytosis and lysosomal enzyme activity and suppress cell mediated immune reactions; in rheumatoid arthritis they reduce the concentrations of rheumatoid factor and immunoglobulins. Their therapeutic effects develop slowly, reaching a maximum after 4\u20136 months. Up to 50% of patients respond. Adverse reactions are common and can be serious. They include proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome, rashes, including exfoliative dermatitis, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, and pancytopenia; oral gold commonly causes diarrhoea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frankincense comes from Old French, franc encens. The mediaeval Latin ethnic name Francus came to mean \u201cfree\u201d, because in Frankish Gaul only those who belonged to the dominant group, or were adopted into it, were completely free. Here it means \u201cof high quality\u201d. Encens was from the Latin ecclesiastical word incensum, incense, from incendere, to set alight. The IndoEuropean root is KAND, to shine, which gives us candle and candelabrum, candour, candid, and candidate, incandescent, incendiary, incense, and censer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frankincense is a mixture of gums and spices, which produces a sweet smell when burned. Medically it typically refers to the gum resin of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boswellia serrata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in Greek \u03bb\u03af\u03b2\u1fb6\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2, long used as a traditional remedy in Ayurvedic medicine for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27671822\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">inflammatory diseases<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The gum contains pentacyclic triterpenes related to boswellic acid, which inhibit leukotriene biosynthesis in neutrophil granulocytes by inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase. It also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27117114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contains<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> monoterpenes, diterpenes, ethyl acetate, octyl acetate, and methylanisole. Certain boswellic acids inhibit leukocyte elastase, proliferation, and topoisomerases in cancer cell lines, and induce apoptosis. Frankincense has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27117114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">claimed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to have anti-inflammatory effects in ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, bronchitis, sinusitis, and asthma, and an antiproliferative effect on tumours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Myrrh comes from the Semitic root MRR, to be or become bitter, giving the Greek words \u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd, an unguent or perfume, and \u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u03c1\u03b1, myrrh, with variants \u03c3\u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1 and \u03b6\u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1, like the name Smyrna, the Turkish port now called \u0130zmir. In Hebrew \u05de\u05e8, mar, means bitter, like \u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8, maror, the bitter herbs eaten at Passover. Myrrh is an aromatic gum resin exuded by various Arabian and African trees of the genus <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commiphora<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (family <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Burseraceae<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), originally used as an astringent and expectorant. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commiphora molmol<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has reportedly in vitro <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/14708869\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">antihelminthic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26020558\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cytotoxic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> actions and has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21225152\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">used<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to treat fascioliasis and schistosomiasis. Adverse reactions include giddiness, somnolence, and mild fatigue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Melchior gave gold, an emblem of royalty, Caspar gave frankincense, an emblem of divinity, and Balthazar&#8217;s myrrh prophesied death. They could hardly have predicted their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18072929\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">modern uses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Gold salts are effective. About frankincense and myrrh I make no claims whatsoever.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2014\/12\/jeffrey_aronson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-32935\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2014\/12\/jeffrey_aronson-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"jeffrey_aronson\" width=\"84\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><em><strong>Jeffrey Aronson<\/strong>\u00a0is a clinical pharmacologist, working in the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine in Oxford&#8217;s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. He is also president emeritus of the British Pharmacological Society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Competing interests:<\/strong>\u00a0None declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three magi, the three Kings of the East, or the three wise men (Latin magus, a wise man, Greek \u03bc\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2), are also known as the three Kings of Cologne, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2017\/12\/22\/jeffrey-aronson-when-i-use-a-word-wise-men-pharmacology\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5762],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jeff-aronsons-words"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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