Hellebore
Hellebore 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 Hellebore
Hellebore in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Hellebore in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: "he was cured of epilepsy by undergoing a treatment with hellebore on the island of Anticyra."
Sec Auth: Temkin O
Title: The Falling Sickness. Second Edition, Revised, Softshell Books edition, 1994
Page: 162
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. 162.
Primary Source: 122 Pliny (806), Nat. histl, 25, 52; vol. 4, p. 77.
Background
Synonymns for Hellebore
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Hellebore
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Hellebore 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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Antiseizure potential of the ancient Greek medicinal plant Helleborus odorus subsp. cyclophyllus and identification of its main active principles.
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Phillip L Pearl, Ian M Drillings, Joan A Conry
Herbs in epilepsy: evidence for efficacy, toxicity, and interactions.
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