Castoreum
Castoreum is a non-scientific common name that may refer to a number of plant species and varieties.
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Nomenclature
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Historical Use of Castoreum
Castoreum in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Castoreum in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: "administer a daily clyster, and prescribe a specific three times a day. His (Willis) favored specific was peony, which he gave in various oral preparations. He also recommenced that it be worn around the neck. The most simple Medicines, and which experience has prov'd to be very efficacious, are the Roots of the Male Peony, and its Seed: Take Roots of the male Peony dryed and powdered from a Dram to two or three Drams, let it be given twice a Day in the following Tincture. Take leaves of Mistletow of the Oak two Drams, Peony Roots slic'd half an Ounce, castoreum a Dram, let them be put in a close Vessel with Betony water, or simple Peony water, and White-wine of each a Pound, Salt of Mistletow of the Oak, or of common mistletoe two Drams, let them digest in a close vessel by a Sand heat for two days; let him take three Ounces with a Dose of the Powder before prescrib'd."
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 188
Source: A Disease Once Sacred, John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001, M.J. Eadie and P.F. Bladin
Complete: Eadie MJ, Bladin PF. A disease once sacred: a history of the medical understanding of epilepsy. Eastleigh: John Libbey; 2001. p. 188.
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Background
Synonymns for Castoreum
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Castoreum
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Castoreum in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
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