Peony root

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

Historical Use of Peony root

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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Evidence or the Use of Peony root in the Treatment of Epilepesy

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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] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

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] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

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] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)