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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Wangzhen Shen, Gerald Nwosu, Michael Honer, Jerome Clasadonte, Svenja Schmalzbauer, Marshall Biven, Katherine Langer, Carson Flamm, Sarah Poliquin, Felicia Mermer, Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere, Maria-Clemencia Hernandez, Jing-Qiong Kang
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Brain Commun: 2024, 6(2);fcae110
[PubMed:38650830] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Abdullah Alhelal, Ali M Assiri, Anas A Alqarni, Abdulrazak Tamim, Yazeed M Mohammad
A Case of Necrotic Colonic Volvulus in Cerebral Palsy With Severe Scoliosis.
Cureus: 2024, 16(3);e56743
[PubMed:38650790] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

Pin-Shiuan Chen, Ying-Fa Chen, Jian-Ying Chiu, Meng-Chen Wu, Chun-Hwei Tai, Yung-Yee Chang, Min-Yu Lan, Ni-Chung Lee, Chin-Hsien Lin
Genetic analysis of IRF2BPL in a Taiwanese dystonia cohort: The genotype and phenotype correlation.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol: 2024;
[PubMed:38650104] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Xiaodan Du, Ying He, Feng Li, Xiaoye Wang, Xin Kong, Mei Ye, Xuzhu Chen
Imaging manifestations of papillary glioneuronal tumors.
Neurosurg Rev: 2024, 47(1);179
[PubMed:38649515] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Yi-Wen Zhang, Guang-Yu Cheng, Xuan Wang, Wei-Ping Cheng
Analysis of mechanism of core points in acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for epilepsy based on data mining. [基于数据挖掘探讨针灸治疗癫痫核心穴位的作用机制.]
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu: 2024, 49(4);415-423
[PubMed:38649211] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)