Hippophaestron

Hippophaestron is a non-scientific common name that may refer to a number of plant species and varieties.

Historical Use of Hippophaestron

Historical Use of Hippophaestron in Western Medicine

Quote Paraph: "botanical materials and preparations were also described for the treatment of epilepsy. These included: white hellebore contained within a split radish; root of the panaces (heraclion) in a drink with seal's rennet; plantain; betony; agaric in oxymel; leaves of cinquefoil; archezostis; dried root of baccar plus coriander; centunculus in vinegar or honey or hot water; varvain taken in wine; crushed berries of hyssop; peucedanus and seal's rennet taken in a drink; scammony in beaver-oil; hippophaestron; senecio."
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 171
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. 171.
Primary Source: Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Natural History: Books XXV to XXXII (Translated Jones WHS 1951 and Translated Jones WHS in 1963)

Evidence or the Use of Hippophaestron in the Treatment of Epilepesy

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Doris Z Deng, Khalil S Husari
Approach to Patients with Seizures and Epilepsy: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.
Prim Care: 2024, 51(2);211-232
[PubMed:38692771] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Aisling Leavy, Jessie Phelan, Eva M Jimenez-Mateos
Contribution of microglia to the epileptiform activity that results from neonatal hypoxia.
Neuropharmacology: 2024;109968
[PubMed:38692453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Taro Matsuoka, Hideki Yoshida, Takashi Kasai, Takenori Tozawa, Tomoko Iehara, Tomohiro Chiyonobu
α-Synuclein pathology in Drosophila melanogaster is exacerbated by haploinsufficiency of Rop: connecting STXBP1 encephalopathy with α-synucleinopathies.
Hum Mol Genet: 2024;
[PubMed:38692286] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Gabriel D Rodrigues, Ramona Cordani, Marco Veneruso, Lorenzo Chiarella, Giulia Prato, Raffaele Ferri, Angelica Carandina, Eleonora Tobaldini, Lino Nobili, Nicola Montano
Predominant cardiac sympathetic modulation during wake and sleep in patients with Rett syndrome.
Sleep Med: 2024, 119;188-191
[PubMed:38692221] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Josefin Soto Jansson, Björn Bjurulf, Michaela Dellenmark Blom, Tove Hallböök, Colin Reilly
Caregiver perceptions of the impact of Dravet syndrome on the family, current supports and hopes and fears for the future: A qualitative study.
Epilepsy Behav: 2024, 156;109790
[PubMed:38692022] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)