Figs
Figs is a non-scientific common name that may refer to a number of plant species and varieties.
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Figs
Figs in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Figs in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: "their supposed pharmacological action corresponds to the current pathology of the disease:… dried figs (heating)"
Sec Auth: Temkin O
Title: The Falling Sickness. Second Edition, Revised, Softshell Books edition, 1994
Page: 79
Source: The Falling Sickness, Second Edition, Revised, Softshell Books edition, 1994,Owsei Temkin
Complete: Temkin O. The falling sickness: a history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginnings of modern neurology. London: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2 Revised Edition, (Softshell Books) ; 1994. p. 79.
Primary Source: 508 Cf. Dioscurides (282), ed. Wellmann, vol. I, p. 117,14.
Background
Synonymns for Figs
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Figs
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Figs 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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Axel Becker, Martin Helmuth, Doris Trzeczak, Ben A Chindo
Methanol extract of Ficus platyphylla decreases cerebral ischemia induced injury in mice.
J Ethnopharmacol: 2021, 278;114219
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Muhammad Bilal Riaz, Arif-Ullah Khan, Neelam Gul Qazi
Pharmacological and computational evaluation of fig for therapeutic potential in hyperactive gastrointestinal disorders.
BMC Complement Altern Med: 2019, 19(1);348
[PubMed:31796063]
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Jan Sutter, Ben A Chindo, Axel Becker
Effects of a methanol extract of Ficus platyphylla stem bark on a two-way active avoidance task and on body core temperature.
Behav Brain Res: 2019, 367;215-220
[PubMed:30965062]
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Dipesh Raj Panday, G P Rauniar
Effect of root-extracts of Ficus benghalensis (Banyan) in memory, anxiety, muscle co-ordination and seizure in animal models.
BMC Complement Altern Med: 2016, 16(1);429
[PubMed:27809820]
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Ben A Chindo, Helmut Schröder, Andreas Koeberle, Oliver Werz, Axel Becker
Analgesic potential of standardized methanol stem bark extract of Ficus platyphylla in mice: Mechanisms of action.
J Ethnopharmacol: 2016, 184;101-6
[PubMed:26945978]
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