Kohomba oil induced encephalopathy: lessons in prescribing traditional medicines | Zendy

Sarangarajan Ranganathan | Zendy; Rohini Fernandopulle | Zendy; BVDSP Abeywardena | Zendy; HMKN Hathlahawatta | Zendy; KR Gunatilaka | Zendy

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Kohomba oil induced encephalopathy: lessons in prescribing traditional medicines

Author(s) -

Sarangarajan Ranganathan,

Rohini Fernandopulle,

BVDSP Abeywardena,

HMKN Hathlahawatta,

KR Gunatilaka

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2386-110X

pISSN - 1391-5452

DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v34i3.402

Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , scopus , publishing , transparency (behavior) , library science , alternative medicine , access to medicines , family medicine , medline , political science , nursing , south asia , law , public health , ethnology , pathology , computer science , history

Kohomba oil is a fatty acid rich extract of the Neem (Azadirachta indica or Margosa) seeds. It is used as a traditional medicine in many countries including India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka as an external application 1 . Rarely, it is administered orally to infants in small amounts 1 . Several cases of Kohomba oil encephalopathy have been reported from Malaysia and Singapore 1,2 . Here we report a case of encephalopathy in a child following Kohomba oil ingestion.

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