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Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy
- Source :
- Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
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Abstract
- Chinese herbal medicine has a long history of use for treating epilepsy. Because of the side effects of Western antiepileptic therapy and the quest for more accessible treatment, complementary and alternative medicines have become popular. Traditional Chinese medical diet therapy appears to be safe and effective. We searched PubMed and the Cochrane Library through November 2020 for the use of traditional Chinese medicine in clinical settings, including plants, fungi, and animals. Combinations of keywords included “epilepsy,” “seizure,” “antiepileptic,” “anticonvulsive,” “Chinese herbal medicine,” “Chinese herb,” and each of the Latin names, English names, and scientific names of herbs. We also summarized the sources and functions of these herbs in Chinese medicine. Different herbs can be combined to increase antiepileptic effects through various mechanisms, including anti-inflammation, antioxidation, GABAergic effect enhancement, modulation of NMDA channels and sodium channel, and neuroprotection. Despite reports of their anticonvulsive effects, adequate experimental evidence and randomized controlled clinical trials are required to confirm their antiepileptic effects.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
food.ingredient
Diet therapy
Clinical settings
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Traditional Chinese medicine
Review
Cochrane Library
complex mixtures
complementary therapy
03 medical and health sciences
Epilepsy
0302 clinical medicine
food
epileptic seizure
Medicine
Traditional medicine
business.industry
General Neuroscience
medicine.disease
Clinical trial
030104 developmental biology
diet therapy
antiepileptic effect
Herb
Chinese herbal medicine
History of use
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
RC321-571
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1662453X and 16624548
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fb8ffd4a3506ca1daa1f51a58d8fd5a9