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cardiovascular system
tachycardia/bradycardia
botanicals

primary herbs

Aconitum napellus (toxic): tachycardia, small, hard, quick, sharp, pulse (Ellingwood, p. 80)
Adonis vernalis: nervous tachycardia, extra systoles (Weiss, p. 148)
Cimicifuga racemosa: small doses: decreases heartbeat, increases power, elevates arterial tension (Felter and Lloyd, p. 530)
Crataegus oxyacantha: tachycardia (Ellingwood, p. 218)
Cytisus scoparius: tachycardia (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 192)
Digitalis purpurea (toxic): tachycardia, weak, rapid, irregular, contraindicated in strong vigorous action (Felter, p. 333; Felter and Lloyd, p. 656)
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): tachycardia, excessive heart action in hysterical patients (Felter and Lloyd, p. 923)
Kalmia latifolia (toxic): tachycardia, cardiac excitation (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1094)
Lycopus virginicus: tachycardia and tremor; due to excess tobacco smoking (Harper-Shove, p. 137; British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 136; Felter and Lloyd, p. 1214)
Passiflora incarnata: tachycardia, as a nervine
Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic): tachycardia, bradycardia, promotes normal rhythm, functional irregularity of heart; be sure to see contraindications (Felter and Lloyd, p. 375; Ellingwood, p. 213)
Veratrum viride (toxic): according to indications; with caution in tachycardia with exophthalmic goiter (Ellingwood, p. 88)
Viscum album (toxic): cardiac depressant, nervous tachycardia (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 236)


complementary herbs

tachycardia, extra systoles: Crataegus oxyacantha + Convallaria majalis (toxic) or Anemone pulsatilla (toxic) (Priest and Priest, p. 91)
nervous tachycardia: Piscidia erythrina (toxic) + Crataegus oxyacantha + Passiflora incarnata (Sherman)


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