Guaiacum
Guaiacum 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 Guaiacum
Guaiacum in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Guaiacum in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: "the tonics he (de Horta in Mexico in 1754) recommended to restore strength included oak flowers, sandal wood, sassafras and guaiacum."
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 191
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. 191.
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Background
Synonymns for Guaiacum
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Guaiacum
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Guaiacum in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
1st Five Results: pubmed search
Paulo Fontoura
Neurological practice in the Centuriae of Amatus Lusitanus.
Brain: 2009, 132(Pt 2);296-308
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