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Runners in ancient Greece believed that the Spleen was a hindrance to endurance and long-distance running. Consequently they had a vast pharmacopoeia, of herbal concoctions especially designed to shrink this vital organ. One popular Spleen-shrinker was a beverage made from a plant of the genus Equisetum. The drink was mixed with a variety of herbs and taken for three days before a race. According to contemporary witnesses, it proved enormously helpful in promoting endurance (whether it shrank the Spleen we do not know). Hippocrates, the famous Greek physician, mentioned a certain mushroom that, when burned over the area of the Spleen, melted the organ completely.































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