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ons containing plant products    Laboratory support for the anticonvulsant
                                 properties of some plants
ntific evaluation of plant
s is an up-and-coming area in    CAUTIONS:
opment of new antiepileptic      Unregulated market
 s                               Toxicity
                                 Interactions with AEDs
 are treated with highly dilute  Anti-scientific rationale. The existence of
ons. The remedy prescribed       molecules means that dilution cannot be
hosen specifically for the       infinite
 l as a whole, based on the
th’s understanding of the        Nevertheless the individualised treatment
 mind, body and spirit. As a     regimen can create a powerful placebo
ferent people with the same      effect with real effects resulting from
  may be prescribed different    associated reductions in stress, anxiety and
                                 low mood
 tional changes that occur       Deep and repeated meditation clearly has
editation are associated with    the capacity to change EEG patterns, but it
nges. Fast, synchronised         is unclear whether these changes make a
ves have been recorded in        seizure more or less likely to occur
 deep meditation, and these
 emain faster, even following    CAUTIONS: The high-amplitude gamma
 ation, than those seen in       activity in some experienced mediators is
ho do not meditate               the highest reported in a non-pathological
                                 context4
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