Orthodox Parish of St. Ephraim the Syrian

It may be hard to imagine what one of little knowledge about Vertigo symptoms would think when the room started to spin beneath them. Now rewind to 400 BC and try to imagine what one would be thinking when this happened to them. In the time of Saint Ephraim there was little to no medical care. The medical care they did have established was based on traditional Chinese medicine and herbal cures. It was also very difficult for them to diagnose anyone with an illness that they did not understand.With lack of medical care, not much was understood about the feeling of the room spinning which is also one of the most important vertigo symptoms known today. With traditional Chinese medicine one may have thought they were coming down with a virus such as the flu or cold. Saint Ephraim the Syrian knew little about medicine he in fact learned his education more in the field of his faith and Christianity.  So it was difficult for someone as the same as Saint Ephraim to understand exactly what was going on medically speaking when they felt dizzy.

It is important to recognize that there was not much medical care as we spoke of in 400 BC so no one really knew exactly what vertigo symptoms were and how to treat them. The most common complaint of dizziness and when they were dizzy they figured it was because they need to eat some food. Now a day we know that is a result of a low blood sugar, however they did not know this at that time.  Because there were not big medical treatments or technology no one really understood vertigo symptoms or what had caused them to appear.