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Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy
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...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8284486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34276290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.682821 |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-82844862021-07-17 Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy Lin, Chia-Hui Hsieh, Ching-Liang Front Neurosci Neuroscience 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. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8284486/ /pubmed/34276290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.682821 Text en Copyright © 2021 Lin and Hsieh. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Lin, Chia-Hui Hsieh, Ching-Liang Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy |
title | Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy |
title_full | Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy |
title_fullStr | Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy |
title_full_unstemmed | Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy |
title_short | Chinese Herbal Medicine for Treating Epilepsy |
title_sort | chinese herbal medicine for treating epilepsy |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8284486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34276290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.682821 |
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