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The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide Brigitte Mars, A.H.G. See book keywords and concepts

It is used to treat amenorrhea, anxiety, asthma (related to nerves), colic, convulsions, cough, depression, dizziness, fainting, fear, fever, flatulence, halitosis, headache (tension or migraine), hypertension, hysteria, insomnia, irritability, muscle spasms, nausea, nervous exhaustion, nervousness, pain, and stress. Topically, lavender tea can be used as a mouthwash to get rid of bad breath, a footbath to relieve fatigue, or a douche, sitz bath, or enema to treat yeast infections, trichomonas, gardnerella, or other types of infection.

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Treatment of convulsions with diazepam, of colic with atropine). DOSAGE Mode of Administration: Cyclamen is used in homeopathic treatments. It is also used topically and in alcoholic extracts. LITERATURE Tschesche R, Mercker HJ, Wulff G, Liebig Ann Chem 721:194. 1969. Tschesche R, Striegler H, Fehlhaber HW, Liebig Ann Chem 691:165. 1966. Frohne D, Pfander HJ: Giftpflanzen - Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker, Toxikologen und Biologen, 4. Aufl., Wiss. Verlagsges. mbH Stuttgart 1997. Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl.

The treatment consists of stomach and intestinal emptying (gastric lavage, sodium sulfate) and the administration of activated charcoal; convulsions to be treated with diazepam, colics with atropine, and any eventual acidosis with sodium bicarbonate infusions. Intubation and oxygen respiration may also be necessary. DOSAGE Storage: It is stored in air-tight, non-synthetic containers, and protected from light. LITERATURE Dhingra VK et al. (1975) Ind J Chem 13:339. Duquenois P, (1972) Bull Soc Pharm Strasbourg 15:149. Morimoto S et al.

OVERDOSAGE Overdosage or long-term administration can lead to: thrombosis, damage to the vessels of the retina, combined with optic atrophy, gangrene of the extremities, hemiplagia, and convulsions. Symptoms of acute poisonings include: queasiness, vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, skin coolness, itching of the skin, rapid, weak pulse, paresthesia, numbness of the extremities, confusion or also unconsciousness.

Higher dosages cause vomiting, diarrhea, bradycardia and convulsions. Very high dosages bring about death. Following gastric lavage, the treatment for poisonings proceed symptomatically (for further measures, see Digitalis folium). DOSAGE Mode of Administration: Calotropis is used in a ground form, as a powder, as smoke (fume) and also topically. Daily Dosage: As an expectorant and diaphoretic 200 mg to 600 mg; as an emetic 2 g to 4 g. LITERATURE Seiber JN et al., (1982) Phytochemistry 21(9):2343. Willaman JJ, Hui-Li L, (1970) Lloydia 33(3A):1.

INDICATIONS AND USAGE Fool's-parsley has been used for gastroenteric, complaints in children, infantile cholera, summer diarrhea, and convulsions. PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS Fool's parsley is considered a toxic plant. The older literature contains descriptions of poisonings, sometimes fatal ones, occurring as a result of confusing garden parsley with the freshly-harvested drug. Probably, however, these had to do with poisonings by spotted hemlock. Caution should nevertheless be exercised.

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Constituents Vitamin C, flavonoids (rutin, quercitin, hyperoside), essential oils (cineol, pinene, citronellal), polypheno-lic acids, tannins, aldehydes, resin Energetic Correspondences • Flavor: pungent, bitter • Temperature: cool • Moisture: moist • Polarity: yin • Planet: Saturn/Moon/Pluto • Element: water Contraindications Large doses can cause headache, vertigo, convulsions, and even death. The essential oil may cause irritation or burning; avoid contact of the essential oil with mucous membranes.

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In 1992 the Australian authorities reported 164 cases of this potentially life-threatening condition, which is associated with confusion, lethargy, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, loss of appetite, fatigue, fainting, sleepiness, and possible convulsions. Since it doesn't work better than hydrochlorothiazide and is potentially dangerous, I don't recommend that you use it. Loop diuretics are more powerful medications. Brand names include furosemide (Lasix) and bumetidine (Bumex).

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Doses of more than 2 grams could cause delirium, hallucinations, and convulsions. Range and Appearance Cinnamomum aromaticum is native to southern China, while C. verum is native to Sri Lanka, but both species are naturalized and cultivated in the tropics. Both are small evergreen trees with oval oblong leaves 5 to 9 inches in length. The yellow-white flowers are borne in panicles. The flowers are followed by small purple berries that each bear a single seed. To make cinnamon spice, the thick bark of the tree is peeled away and layers are left to dry, during which time it curls up.

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Digitalis—which is derived from the foxglove plant—has been used for centuries to treat anxiety, mania, convulsions, and heart disease. and death. If your male partner, who's always seen life through rose-colored glasses, starts complaining that things are looking blue, it may not be because he's depressed. Rather, it may be a sign that he's taking too much of a good thing. Indeed, seeing a blue tinge on objects—often accompanied by light sensitivity—is one of the most common side effects of Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra, which are used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED).

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For example, documented adverse reactions include headaches, dizziness, memory loss, mood swings, nausea, seizures, convulsions, weight gain, sleep problems, reduced libido, loss of blood sugar control, changes in heart rate, breathing difficulties, aggravated PMS symptoms, skin rashes, water retention, vision problems, ear buzzing, diarrhea, stomach cramping, nausea, muscle aches, fatigue, muscular sclerosis-like symptoms, and other neurological problems.

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Treatment aims to relieve the symptoms and avoid complications such as dehydration and seizures. convulsions as a result of the sudden rise in temperature. Tit is important to distinguish roseola from more serious diseases that manifest in similar ways, such as measles, German measles, meningitis, and other bacterial causes of high fever. If the physician is unclear about the diagnosis of roseola, blood tests and cultures will sometimes be carried out to rule out I' more dangerous infections.

X Skullcap: Historically, skullcap was used to cure people of hydrophobia, convulsions, mental agitation, and nervous system disorders including epilepsy. The sedative and antispasmodic properties of skullcap relieve restlessness leading to insomnia, nervous agitation, and fear, and have been shown to lower blood pressure m —I ¦< related to anxiety. Skullcap's active constituents are antioxidant flavonoids, which are thought to induce brain-calming neurotransmitters, essential oils, lignans, and tannins, which give skullcap its astringent quality.

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CNS depression, constipation, respiratory depression, headache, meiosis, vomiting, and convulsions may occur in overdose dosage Mode of Administration: The whole drug is used for infusions, as an extract and as a bath additive. Combinations with other sedative and/or carminative herbs may be beneficial. Preparation: An infusion is prepared by adding 5 to 10 mL of drug per cup of hot water (150 mL), draw for 10 minutes, and strain. For external use as bath additive, 100 g of drug is scalded or boiled with 2 liters of water and added to the bath.

The oil is a sedative, producing mild drowsiness to coma and convulsions, depending on the amount used (Schulz et al, 1998; Buchbauer et al, 1993). Gastrointestinal Effects: Lavender oil is a carminative, thus aiding in reduction of flatulence, colic, stomach distress, and tonic (Duke, 1985). Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea were dose limiting in cancer patients taking up to 0.5 to 12 g/m2/d of d-limonene (Vigushin et al, 1998).

There is a report of a subject who experienced "tetanus-like convulsions" and paroxysms after drinking alcohol and ingesting 8 ounces of Damiana extract (Spencer & Seigler, 1981). Toxicity: Damiana is a strongly cyanogenic plant, producing tetraphyllin B (Spencer & Seigler, 1981). dosage How Supplied: Capsules - 380 mg, 384 mg, 395 mg, 450 mg Fluid Extract -1:1 literature Alarcon-Aguilara FJ, Roman-Ramos R, Perez-Gutierrez S et al. Study of anti-hyperglycemic effect of plants used as antidiabetics. J Ethnopharmacol; 61:101-110. 1998.

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Cupping is not an appropriate treatment for anyone who is nervous or suffers convulsions and should not be used on skin that is ulcerated or broken. Moxibustion Moxibustion is not suitable for children. Moxibustion applies localised heat to improve the body's flow of vital energy, chi, and treats similar ailments to cupping. Moxibustion is often used in conjunction with acupuncture. Moxibustion is the process of placing an ignited moxa stick (a stick made from the finely powdered leaves Artemisia vulgaris or mugwort) as close as possible above a specific acupuncture point.

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Today, catnip is used to treat amenorrhea, anxiety, bronchitis, chicken-pox, colds, colic, convulsions, delayed menses, diarrhea, dyspepsia, fever, flatulence, headache, hives, hyperactivity, hysteria, indigestion, insomnia, measles, menstrual cramps, mental illness, motion sickness, pain, pneumonia, restlessness, scarlet fever, smallpox, stomachache due to nerves, teething pain, toothache, and worms. Topically, catnip can be used as a bath herb to relieve stress, colic, and teething pain or as a compress or poultice to treat pain, sprains, bruises, hemorrhoids, or toothache.

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Among them are encephalitis, brain complications, convulsions, retardation of mental and physical growth, high fever, pneumonia, meningitis, aseptic meningitis, mumps, atypical measles, blood disorders such as thrombocytopenia, fatal shock, arthritis, SSPE, one-sided paralysis, and death. According to a study published in the Lancet in 1985, if children develop "mild measles" as a result of receiving the vaccine, the accompanying underdeveloped rash may be responsible for causing degenerative diseases such as cancer later in life.

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They can also cause heart palpitations, weight loss, hypertension, hallucinations and convulsions.20 The athletic field isn't the only place where people are looking to improve performance. While middle-aged men across the country leapt at the chance to take prescription drugs like Viagra®, Cialis® or Levitra® to improve sexual performance, others looked to more natural supplements like horny goat weed. Yes, you read that correctly, horny goat weed. The story goes that a Chinese goat herder noticed extreme sexual activity amongst his goats after grazing on the herb, thus the name.

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Once, when people fell into strange states of consciousness, collapsed into convulsions, and then submitted unwillingly but inexorably to the commands of a superior authority, they had been caught up in a struggle between evil and good, between a demon and one of God's official representatives on earth. Now such people were in the thrall of powerful physical forces that were just beginning to be discovered in the new Newtonian universe.

In 1775, Mesmer gave several demonstrations in which he showed that he could first evoke convulsions in people and then dispel them with a peremptory gesture, just like Gassner. Such things, he said, were not what they seemed—they had nothing to do with the devil or the supernatural. They were, he said, simply the consequence of his manipulation of the wholly natural force of animal magnetism.17 Not spirits but an invisible magnetic force! It was a conclusion that helped give the authorities the rationale they needed to put a stop to Gassner's public career.

These convulsions left many patients feeling much improved, or even cured of their ailments. Apparently, mineral magnets could have great therapeutic value through their ability to influence human magnetic fluids in this fashion. But then Mesmer made a further discovery: the mineral magnets were not actually necessary to the effects he could produce! By simply waving his hands over a patient's body, Mesmer was able to produce precisely the same results as he had before using mineral magnets.

The patient would then typically collapse into convulsions, and Gassner would proceed to exorcise the offending spirit. Sometimes he added flourishes to this basic routine: in one dramatic instance, for example, he ordered the demon inside a woman to increase the poor victim's heartbeat and then to slow it down. Following the sec- Father Johann Joseph Gassner (1727-1779) performing an exorcism on a young woman before a crowd of witnesses. Castelli, in Louis Figuier, Les Mysteres de la Science, ca. 1770.

This time, Marthe responded with convulsions and every sign of distress. The conclusion from these and similar tests seemed clear, and Marescot summed it up with the memorable line "Nothing from the devil, much counterfeit, a little from disease."11 This is a striking moment in the history of exorcism's encounter with medicine. From now on, it would no longer be enough (if indeed it ever really had been) for a person simply to act in odd ways or to report powerful and disturbing experiences.

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Side effects of the drug include irritability, nervousness, nightmares, convulsions, nerve deafness, blurred vision, edema, bleaching of the hair, alopecia (loss of scalp hair) aplastic anemia, anorexia and nausea. A whole range of drugs also exists that were designed to cut down your stomach acid production. If you want to avoid developing pneumonia, among other serious health problems, you had better stay away from antacids and instead deal with the true causes of acid reflux.

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The intake of larger dosages can lead to swelling of the lips, digestive complaints (belching, flatulence, diarrhea), discomfort and headache, as well as to convulsions in susceptible individuals. Swelling of the genital organs has been observed following external administration on the abdomen. DOSAGE Mode of Administration: The drug is available as an extract. Preparation: Gum-resin is obtained by incising the roots, which contain a fetid juice, this solidifies to a brown resin, sometimes with a pinkish tint, in sticky lumps with a pungent, acrid, persistent, alliaceous odor.

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Public Health Laboratory Service and published in the Lancet showed that children given the measles/mumps/rubella shot were three times more likely to suffer from convulsions than those children who didn't receive it. The study also found that the MMR vaccine increased by five times the number of children suffering a rare blood disorder. It is interesting to note that the mortality rate from measles declined by 95 percent before the measles vaccine was introduced. In the United Kingdom, despite widespread vaccination among toddlers, cases of measles recently increased by nearly 25 percent.

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They may also signal sensory seizures, a type of epilepsy involving distortions of the senses rather than convulsions. And feeling numb and tingly can be a sign of several serious systemic and autoimmune conditions including hypothyroidism, diabetes, and sarcoidosis. (See Appendix I.) Sarcoidosis is a serious but rare inflammatory disorder that may at first manifest few if any signs. But as it progresses, sarcoidosis can affect many body parts, including the skin, eyes, ears, nose, and internal organs.

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In a report issued by German health authorities and published in a 1989 issue of the Lancet, the mumps vaccine was revealed to have caused 27 specific neurological reactions, including meningitis, febrile convulsions, encephalitis, and epilepsy. A Yugoslavian study linked 1 per 1,000 cases of mumps encephalitis directly to the vaccine. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal in the U.S. reported in 1989 that the rate varies from 1 in 405 to 1 in 7,000 shots for mumps. Although mumps is generally a mild illness and the vaccine's side effects are severe, it is still included in the MMR vaccine.

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