Squill
Squill 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 Squill
Squill in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Description
Historical Use of Squill in Western Medicine
Quote Paraph: "John of Gaddesden provided a prescription to rid epileptics of phlegm. It's ingredients were: iris root, aristolochia rotunda, squill, hyssop, mistletoe, wild and domestic sage, liverwort, pennyroyal, calamint, rue, peony root, of each one ounce: peony seed, physalis seed, anise, fennel, of each 2 oz.: flower of Arabian stiche, 5 minims; juice of wild rue, half a quart; hone 1 1/2 quarts. "
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: John of Gaddesden. UNSPECIFIED TEXT
Background
Synonymns for Squill
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Squill
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Squill in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
1st Five Results: pubmed search
C RADOUCO-THOMAS, E FROMMEL, G BURGERMEISTER-GUEX, M DUCOMMUN
[The point of peripheral impact of coramine, cardiazol, picrotoxin and scilliroside and their relation to cholinergic action. I]. [Le point d'impact peripherique de la Coramine, du cardiazol, de la Picrotoxine et de la Scilliroside et de ses relations avec la cholinergie. Ier Memoire.]
Schweiz Med Wochenschr: 1953, 83(22);511-3
[PubMed:13076092]
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