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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Jacob Pellinen, Emma C Foster, Jo M Wilmshurst, Sameer M Zuberi, Jacqueline French
Improving epilepsy diagnosis across the lifespan: approaches and innovations.
Lancet Neurol: 2024, 23(5);511-521
[PubMed:38631767] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Azzat Al-Redouan, Martin Salaj, Hana Kubova, Rastislav Druga
Compartmental neuronal degeneration in the ventral striatum induced by status epilepticus in young rats' brain in comparison with adults.
Int J Dev Neurosci: 2024;
[PubMed:38631684] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Anita Hughes, Annalise Weckesser, Elaine Denny, Fatima Junaid, Cathy Nelson-Piercy, Mairead Black, John Allotey, Shakila Thangaratinam, Judith Dyson
Barriers and facilitators to healthcare practitioners providing care for pregnant women with epilepsy: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.
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[PubMed:38631244] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Lenycia de Cassya Lopes Neri, Monica Guglielmetti, Simona Fiorini, Ludovica Pasca, Martina Paola Zanaboni, Valentina de Giorgis, Anna Tagliabue, Cinzia Ferraris
Adherence to ketogenic dietary therapies in epilepsy: A systematic review of literature.
Nutr Res: 2024, 126;67-87
[PubMed:38631175] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Fatih Mehmet Akif Özdemir, Halil Çelik
Evaluation of Sleep Habits and Their Relationship With Quality of Life in Children With Epilepsy.
Pediatr Neurol: 2024, 155;114-119
[PubMed:38631079] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)