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cardiovascular system
congestive heart failure
botanicals

primary herbs

Apocynum cannabinum (toxic): state of debility; slows heart action, increases arterial tension, edema (Felter, p. 193)
Asclepias incarnata (toxic): diuretic for edema; its action on edema is similar to Digitalis purpurea (toxic) but does not irritate the mucous membranes (Felter, p. 225)
Capsicum frutescens: stimulant to heart and circulation (Felter, p. 275)
Convallaria majalis (toxic): edema, feeble circulation, dyspnea (Felter, pp. 321, 322; British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 74)
Crataegus oxyacantha: hypertrophy, overwork, weakness, cardiotonic (Felter, p. 326; British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 75)
Cytisus scoparius: cardiac edema, myocardial weakness (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 192)
Digitalis purpurea (toxic): hypertrophy, dilatation (Felter and Lloyd, p. 656; Weiss, p. 126)
Leonurus cardiaca: cardiac symptoms associated with neurosis, cardiac debility, nervous debility and irritation, restlessness (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 130; Felter, p. 443)
Lycopus virginicus: hypertrophy, dilatation; irritability, irregularity of heart (Ellingwood, p. 224)
Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic): (Ellingwood, pp. 213, 214)
Strophanthus kombe or gratus (Weiss, p. 140)
Taraxacum officinale (leaf): as a diuretic (NCNM Botanicals)
Urginea maritima (toxic): diuretic (Weiss, pp. 144, 145)


complementary herbs

Convallaria majalis (toxic) + Leonurus cardiaca (Priest and Priest, p. 91)
Convallaria majalis (toxic): combines well with Leonurus cardiaca and Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic) in heart disease (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 74)
Crataegus oxyacantha combines well with Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic), Tilia platyphyllos, Viscum album (toxic), Scutellaria lateriflora (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 75)
edema of cardiac origin: Cytisus scoparius + Convallaria majalis (toxic) (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 192)


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