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Asparagus Sp.: Phytochemicals and Marketed Herbal Formulations
Published in Amit Baran Sharangi, K. V. Peter, Medicinal Plants, 2023
Vikas Bajpai, Pratibha Singh, Preeti Chandra, Brijesh Kumar
Selected Asparagus species A. racemosus, A. officinalis, A. adscendens s is used in Ayurveda for prevention and treatment of dyspepsia, gastric ulcers, inflammation, liver diseases and in infectious disease and nervous disorders. Traditionally, these plants occupy an important position in the socio-cultural, spiritual, and medicinal arena. It has anti-bacterial, antimicrobial, and immune-modulatory properties and as digestive tonic for diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia, and indigestion. These plants are used in the treatment of several skin diseases and hence are the best herb used in Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of women’s fertility issues like in the treatment of infertility, loss of libido, stomach ulcer, hyperacidity, vulnerable miscarriage, menopausal problems, and bronchial infection. The plants are also used in the cure of rheumatism, diabetes, and brain complaints. It is used in the management of behavioral disorder and minimal brain dysfunction. The rhizome of several Asparagus plants is used as a soothing tonic that acts mainly on the circulatory, digestive, respiratory, and female reproductive organs. The root is alterative, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, demulcent, diuretic, and refrigerants (Hasan et al., 2016). Many plants of Asparagus species are commercially important plants and produced as food yielding crops, and used in agricultural and as horticultural plants and is a good companion plant for tomatoes, parsley, and basil, as well as it is used in preparation of herbal medicine.
Clinical Psychopharmacology of Amphetamine and Related Compounds
Published in John Caldwell, S. Joseph Mulé, Amphetamines and Related Stimulants: Chemical, Biological, Clinical, and Sociological Aspects, 2019
This is a childhood condition, more common in boys, which is characterized by “motor restlessness, short attention span, poor impulse control, learning difficulties, and emotional lability”85 and an inability “to stop, look and listen”.86 It is diagnosed and treated much more frequently in the U.S. than in the U.K.,87 the reported frequency being as high as 10% in some U.S. studies.85 However, at least one American author has cautioned against regarding every child who is considered “a menace” by adults as suffering from the syndrome.88 The alternative name for the condition, “minimal brain dysfunction”, implies a definite organic basis; but thus far no specific underlying neurological lesion has been found.
Learning, attention, and developmental coordination disorders
Published in Michael Horvat, Ronald V. Croce, Caterina Pesce, Ashley Fallaize, Developmental and Adapted Physical Education, 2019
Michael Horvat, Ronald V. Croce, Caterina Pesce, Ashley Fallaize
Children who were learning disabled originally were perceived as suffering from an infection or injury to the brain that caused deficiencies in perception, thinking, and emotional functioning. This idea was expanded with the concept of minimal brain dysfunction, which included children with deficiencies in language and motor development. In addition, the inclusion of minimal brain dysfunction in the definition of learning disabilities was an attempt to clearly differentiate learning disability from intellectual disability by using the concept of near-average intelligence to define the population. The term specific learning disabilities (SLD) then evolved to describe children with language, speech, and communication problems.
Long-Term Follow-Up of Cyclic Esotropia
Published in Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility, 2018
Carlos Souza-Dias, Burton J. Kushner, Luiz Eduardo Rebouças de Carvalho
The occurrence of cyclic esotropia is much more frequent in small children, but it can occur at any age. It can arise spontaneously or after various triggering factors including trauma,11 traumatic aphakia with failed contact lens wear,7 retinal detachment,24 treatment of brain tumor,13, concurrent with the onset of seizures,13 as well as after a previous constant strabismus.20 It has developed years after surgery for esotropia,9 and one patient developed a high accommodative convergence to accommodation ratio (AC/A) cyclic esotropia after surgery for exotropia.25 Cyclic esotropia may be accompanied by other systemic conditions such as epileptic seizures, unilateral anisometropic amblyopia, and behavioral problems. Two of the patients reported by Roper-Hall and Yapp had behavioral changes only on the days the esotropia was manifest.4 They both had abnormal electroencephalograms. Three of their patients had an interruption of the cycling when ill, during which time the eyes appeared straight. Gadoth reported a case of cyclic esotropia in an 8-year-old child who had a history of hyperkinesia and learning difficulties that were compatible with a diagnosis of minimal brain dysfunction.12 Lee & Seok reported a case of a woman who presented with cyclic esotropia during her menstrual cycles.19