Peruvian bark
Peruvian bark 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 Peruvian bark
Peruvian bark in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Peruvian bark in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: "If the cause of epilepsy appeared to be debility, he (William Cullen) recommended the use of cold bathing, exercises, and astringent and tonic medicines such as bitters, Peruvian bark and among the metals, arsenic, iron, zinc, mercury and copper…"
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 192
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. 192.
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Background
Synonymns for Peruvian bark
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Peruvian bark
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Peruvian bark 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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