Varvain

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

Historical Use of Varvain

Historical Use of Varvain in Western Medicine

Quote Paraph: "botanical materials and preparations were also described for the treatment of epilepsy. These included: white hellebore contained within a split radish; root of the panaces (heraclion) in a drink with seal's rennet; plantain; betony; agaric in oxymel; leaves of cinquefoil; archezostis; dried root of baccar plus coriander; centunculus in vinegar or honey or hot water; varvain taken in wine; crushed berries of hyssop; peucedanus and seal's rennet taken in a drink; scammony in beaver-oil; hippophaestron; senecio."
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 171
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. 171.
Primary Source: Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Natural History: Books XXV to XXXII (Translated Jones WHS 1951 and Translated Jones WHS in 1963)

Evidence or the Use of Varvain in the Treatment of Epilepesy

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Jacksonian Epilepsy.
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John J Pearce, Richard W Byrne
Book Review: Posttraumatic Epilepsy: Basic and Clinical Aspects.
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High expectations on phase locking: Better quantifying the concentration of circular data.
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Alexandre Girard, Claudia Moreau, Jacques L Michaud, Berge Minassian, Patrick Cossette, Simon L Girard
Unraveling the role of non-coding rare variants in epilepsy.
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EEG Source Localization in Temporal Encephaloceles: Concordance With Surgical Resection and Clinical Outcomes.
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