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cardiovascular system
myocardial infarction sequelae
botanicals

primary herbs

Aconitum napellus (toxic): acute pain, full bounding pulse, restless, fear of death, sharp cutting pain on left side, suffocating feeling (Harper-Shove, pp. 133, 137)
Adonis vernalis: contraindicated in functional heart disorders with weakness (Ellingwood, p. 234)
Apocynum cannabinum (toxic): feeble heart action, edema (Ellingwood, p. 230)
Capsicum frutescens: will increase circulation; angina pectoris (Felter and Lloyd, p. 436)
Convallaria majalis (toxic): (Ellingwood, p. 224)
Crataegus oxyacantha: cardiotonic; angina pectoris: pain left breast, radiating down left arm, fear of death (Harper-Shove, p. 132)
Digitalis purpurea (toxic): cardiac emergency with cyanosis, pain, tachycardia, irregular pulse, threatened or actual failure (Felter, p. 341; Felter and Lloyd, p. 656; Sherman)
Kalmia latifolia (toxic): cardiac fibrillation, cardiac excitation (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1094; Sherman)
Leonurus cardiaca: cardiotonic
Lobelia inflata (toxic): angina pectoris: pain with tightness and constriction of chest; acute heart failure (injection) (Ellingwood, p. 240)
Lycopus virginicus: anxiety, irritability, irregularity, cardiac palpitation from organic lesions. Caution: powerfully increases contraction of heart muscle fibers (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1215)
Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic, cactus): cardiac spasm, constrictive pain like a band around the heart or chest, apprehension of danger or death (Felter and Lloyd, pp. 375, 376)
Taraxacum officinale (leaf): diuretic, tonic
Valeriana spp.: nervine in heart conditions (Collins)


complementary herbs

• gold drops (digitalis substitute) for the heart

formula: tinctures of:
Crataegus oxyacantha, 4 oz.
Urginea maritima (toxic), 2 oz.
Valeriana officinalis, 16 oz.
instructions: 10-15 drops a half hour p.c. (Sherman)


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