Peony root
Peony root 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 Peony root
Peony root in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Peony root in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: per De Horta writing in 1754 in Mexico, "During the fit, anodyne and sedative substances such as a distillate of the fragrant flowers of the salvia an rosemary and of the so often recommended peony root were to be given."
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 Peony root
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Peony root
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Peony root 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
Eiichi Sugaya, Wen Jin, Aiko Sugaya, Katsuyoshi Sunaga, Tadashi Tsuda
Inhibitory effects of peony root extract on the large conductance calcium-activated potassium current essential in production of bursting activity.
J Herb Pharmacother: 2006, 6(2);65-77
[PubMed:17182486]
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Katsuyoshi Sunaga, Eiichi Sugaya, Kagemasa Kajiwara, Tadashi Tsuda, Aiko Sugaya, Minoru Kimura
Molecular mechanism of preventive effect of peony root extract on neuron damage.
J Herb Pharmacother: 2004, 4(1);9-20
[PubMed:15273073]
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T Tsuda, A Sugaya, H Ohguchi, N Kishida, E Sugaya
Protective effects of peony root extract and its components on neuron damage in the hippocampus induced by the cobalt focus epilepsy model.
Exp Neurol: 1997, 146(2);518-25
[PubMed:9270063]
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