Mint Tea (Pennyroyal) Epileptic Encephalopathy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-12-1

Keywords:

Epileptic Encephalopathy, Mint Tea, Coagulopathy

Abstract

Severe epileptic encephalopathy and fulminant liver failure with cerebral edema in two infants given tea brewed from home-grown mint plant leaves are reported from the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of California, Davis Medical Ceneter, Sacramento.

Published

1996-12-01

Issue

Section

Toxic and Substance Use Disorders