Soap-wort

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

Historical Use of Soap-wort

Historical Use of Soap-wort in Western Medicine

Quote Paraph: "beneficial effect of powdered soap-wort seed, offered for three months at the time of the new moon. .. The plant has a 'signature' of its property, for if rubbed in water it emits a soap-like foam and is therefore profitable to the frothing epileptics.
Sec Auth: Temkin O
Title: The Falling Sickness. Second Edition, Revised, Softshell Books edition, 1994
Page: 178
Source: The Falling Sickness, Second Edition, Revised, Softshell Books edition, 1994,Owsei Temkin
Complete: Eadie MJ, Bladin PF. A disease once sacred: a history of the medical understanding of epilepsy. Eastleigh: John Libbey; 2001. p. 178.
Primary Source: 196 Petrus Borellus (137), Historiarum et observationum… centuriae, Observatio 18; p. 27; cf. above, II-3c.

Evidence or the Use of Soap-wort in the Treatment of Epilepesy

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Haijiao Wang, Ge Tan, Xiuli Li, Deng Chen, Dongmei An, Qiyong Gong, Ling Liu
Aberrant functional connectivity associated with drug response in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy.
Neurol Sci: 2024;
[PubMed:38653915] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Sobia Tabassum, Susan Shorter, Saak V Ovsepian
Analysis of the action mechanisms and targets of herbal anticonvulsants highlights opportunities for therapeutic engagement with refractory epilepsy.
J Mol Med (Berl): 2024;
[PubMed:38653825] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Nils Berginström, Linus Andersson
Remote neuropsychological assessment of patients with neurological disorders and injuries-a study protocol for a cross-sectional case-control validation study.
BMJ Open: 2024, 14(4);e080628
[PubMed:38653513] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Michael Schwarz, Annabell Sophie Badstübner, Karlotta Meyn, Katrin Walther, Hajo Hamer
[Neurorehabilitation after epilepsy surgery in the temporal lobe in patients with specific neurocognitive risk profiles]. [Anforderungen an die Neurorehabilitation nach epilepsiechirurgischen Eingriffen im linken Temporallappen bei Patienten mit neurokognitivem Risikoprofil.]
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr: 2024;
[PubMed:38653457] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Wenqiang Fang, Shihao Chen, Xuefen Xia, Wenting Huang, Yanru Du, Zhipeng Liu, Lekai Chen, Xinshi Wang, Huiqin Xu
Interictal interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor α levels are associated with seizure recurrence in adults with epilepsy.
Epilepsy Behav: 2024, 155;109786
[PubMed:38653175] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)