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  • Metio Hepat ... Bilisan / Laboratorios "D.A. Carrion" S.A.
  • The study of the pulse : arterial, venous and hepatic and of the movements of the heart / by James MacKenzie.
  • The study of the pulse : arterial, venous and hepatic and of the movements of the heart / by James MacKenzie.
  • The study of the pulse : arterial, venous and hepatic and of the movements of the heart / by James MacKenzie.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Galega officinalis L. Fabaceae. Goat's Rue. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor. Culpeper (1650) writes that it ‘... resists poison, kills worms, resists the falling sickness [epilepsy], resisteth the pestilence.’ Galega officinalis contains guanidine which reduces blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance and inhibiting hepatic gluconeogenesis.. Metformin and Phenformin are drugs for type II diabetes that rely on this group of chemicals, known as biguanidines. Its name gala, meaning milk plus ega meaning 'to bring on', refers to its alleged property of increasing milk yield, and has been used in France to increase milk yield in cows. officinalis refers to its use in the offices of the monks, and is a common specific name for medicinal plants before 1600 and adopted by Linnaeus (1753). The fresh plant tastes of pea pods. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ne restez pas sans réponses / Hépatites Info Service.
  • Ne restez pas sans réponses / Hépatites Info Service.
  • Ne restez pas sans réponses / Hépatites Info Service.
  • Ne restez pas sans réponses / Hépatites Info Service.
  • Ne restez pas sans réponses / Hépatites Info Service.
  • Ne restez pas sans réponses / Hépatites Info Service.
  • ABC des hépatites! / ARCAT.
  • ABC des hépatites! / ARCAT.
  • ABC des hépatites! / ARCAT.
  • ABC des hépatites! / ARCAT.
  • ABC des hépatites! / ARCAT.
  • ABC des hépatites! / ARCAT.
  • Hépatites B & C : pour répondre à vos questions / Ministère de la Santé, de la Jeunesse des Sports et de la Vie Associative ; INPES, Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé.
  • Hépatites B & C : pour répondre à vos questions / Ministère de la Santé, de la Jeunesse des Sports et de la Vie Associative ; INPES, Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé.
  • A nurse holds up a phial in a clinic full of mothers and babies: the new vaccine against liver disease in infants in Tanzania. Colour lithograph by R. Mbago, 2002.
  • Hépatitesinfoservice.org / Hépatites Info Service.
  • Hépatitesinfoservice.org / Hépatites Info Service.
  • L'hépatite B & les gays : pourquoi se faire vacciner / réalisé par ACTIS, AIDES, ALS, CRIPS Rhône-Alpes, Keep Smiling et SNEG Rhône-Alpes.
  • L'hépatite B & les gays : pourquoi se faire vacciner / réalisé par ACTIS, AIDES, ALS, CRIPS Rhône-Alpes, Keep Smiling et SNEG Rhône-Alpes.
  • L'hépatite B & les gays : pourquoi se faire vacciner / réalisé par ACTIS, AIDES, ALS, CRIPS Rhône-Alpes, Keep Smiling et SNEG Rhône-Alpes.
  • L'hépatite B & les gays : pourquoi se faire vacciner / réalisé par ACTIS, AIDES, ALS, CRIPS Rhône-Alpes, Keep Smiling et SNEG Rhône-Alpes.
  • L'hépatite B & les gays : pourquoi se faire vacciner / réalisé par ACTIS, AIDES, ALS, CRIPS Rhône-Alpes, Keep Smiling et SNEG Rhône-Alpes.
  • L'hépatite B & les gays : pourquoi se faire vacciner / réalisé par ACTIS, AIDES, ALS, CRIPS Rhône-Alpes, Keep Smiling et SNEG Rhône-Alpes.