Epilepsy

PASSIONFLOWER (Passiflora incarnata) also known as Maypop - has valuable sedative and tranquilizing properties, and has a long use as a medicine in Central and North American herbal traditions, being taken in Mexico for insomnia, epilepsy, and hysteria. Infusions, 2 cups during the evening. Tinctures, 1 tsp with water daily. Tablets, over the counter. Parts used, arial dried or fresh. Key actions, sedative, antispasmodic, tranquilizing. Passiflora quadrangularis has been found to contain serotonin, one of the main chemical messengers within the brain.

Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) also known as Virginia Skullcap and the name Mad Dog was given to it because of its use as a treatment for rabies - The Physiomedicalists (followers of a 19th-century Anglo-American school of herbal medicine) first discovered skullcap's use as a nervine. They recognized that it has a "deeper" action on the nervous system than any other herb and used it for hysteria, epilepsy, convulsions, and rabies, as well as for serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Capsules, 200 mg twice daily. Tincture, 3 ml with water twice daily. Parts used, arial harvested in summer. Key actions, sedative, antiallergenic, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory.

Jambul, Java Plum (Syzygium cumini) - In parts of Southeast Asia, jambul roots are sometimes given as a treatment for epilepsy.

Pellitory (Anacyclus pyrethrum) - In Ayurvedic medicine, the root is considered tonic, and is used to treat paralysis and epilepsy.

Water Hyssop, Brahmi (Hindi) (Bacopa monnieri) - In India, water hyssop is used principally for nervous system disorders such as neuralgia, epilepsy, and mental illness. May have a tonic effect on the brain.

Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) -

THYME - inhale the leaves