Sparrow wort
Sparrow wort is a non-scientific common name that may refer to a number of plant species and varieties.
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Sparrow wort
Sparrow wort in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Sparrow wort in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: "Guainerius stated that the ancients had discovered that many of the following herbs were beneficial: mistletoe, cinquefoil, peony root, peony-seed, gentian, Syrian rue, sparrow wort, castor-bean, seed of the chastity tree, mountain laurel, borage, root of the aristolochia rotunda, pirethrum, bettony seed, caraway, physalis, pennyroyal, rosemary, rue, sage, stiche, thyme, and hair moss."
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 180
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. 180.
Primary Source: Lennox WG. Antonius Guainerius on epilepsy. Annals of Medical History 2:484-499. 1940.
Background
Synonymns for Sparrow wort
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Sparrow wort
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Sparrow wort 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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