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Use profile · Nervous system, sleep & mood

Epilepsy

A brain disease that is characterized by the occurrance of at least two unprovoked seizures resulting from a persistent epileptogenic abnormality of the brain that is able to spontaneously generate paroxysmal activity and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions.

Condition Or SymptomDOID:1826Traditional documentation
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Method · Traditional usePowder of Llectuary

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Method · Traditional usePowder of squills

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Method · Traditional usePowder of squills

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Method · Traditional useInfusion of garlic

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Method · Traditional useWash of Ferric Ferrocy'anide

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Method · Traditional usePowder of Pills of Veratrine

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Method · Traditional useThe zinc pills No

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Method · Traditional usecompound squill pill, twenty-four grains ; compound povvder of ipecacuanha, fifteen grains

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Method · Traditional usesulphuric acid, one drachm ; compound infusion of orange peel, and compound infusion of

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Method · Traditional useIodine Ointment

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Method · Traditional useDiaphoretic Tranquillizing Draught

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Method · Traditional useAnodyne and Sedative Emulsion

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162plant associations for Epilepsy
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