Ebers Papyrus
（重定向自Eber papyrus）
![The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BC) from Ancient Egypt](/Images/godic/202501/10/PEbers_c41-bc1621.jpg")
![The Ebers papyrus suggested treatment for asthma is a mixture of herbs heated on a brick so that the sufferer could inhale their fumes.](/Images/godic/202501/10/Papyrus_Ebers1621.png")
The Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge dating to c. 1550 BC. Among the oldest and most important medical papyri of ancient Egypt, it was purchased at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74 by Georg Ebers. It is currently kept at the library of the University of Leipzig, in Germany.