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tx
cardiovascular system
edema
botanicals

primary herbs

• Achillea millefolium: deficient kidney action (Ellingwood, p. 356)
• Adonis vernalis (toxic): arrhythmia accompanied by edema and dyspnea (Felter, p. 156)
• Apis mellifera (toxic) (honey bee): acute onset, edema of cellular tissues; throat, nasal passages, in diphtheria and scarlet fever (Ellingwood, p. 450)
• Apocynum cannabinum (toxic): diuretic, local edema, general atonicity, feeble heart action, "dropsical effusion" (Ellingwood, p. 230, Mitchell, p. 19)
• Arnica montana (toxic): (Felter, p. 207)
• Cactus grandiflorus (toxic): diuretic, sedative (Felter, p. 254)
• Chimaphila umbellata: improves kidney function, weakness and loss of appetite; with scanty urine (Felter, p. 288; Harper-Shove, p. 175; Mitchell, p. 13)
• Convallaria majalis (toxic): of cardiac origin (Felter, p. 322)
• Crataegus oxyacantha: of cardiac origin (Felter, p. 326)
• Equisetum arvense: associated with kidney diseases (Harper-Shove, p. 175)
• Euonymus atropurpureus (toxic): (Felter and Lloyd, p. 737)
• Galium aparine: mild diuretic, tonic (Anderson Geller)
• Iris versicolor (toxic): of thorax, heart and abdomen (Harper-Shove, p. 175)
• Juniperus communis: abdominal, dropsy from renal suppression (Harper-Shove, p. 174; Priest and Priest, p. 85)
• Ligusticum levisticum (lovage): renal edema; see formulae (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 131)
• Parietaria diffusa: edema of renal origin (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 131)
• Petroselinum sativum: dropsy, especially following scarlatina and other exanthematous diseases (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1454)
• Pilosella officinarum: edema of renal origin (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 159)
• Polygala senega: not from cardiac lesions (Harper-Shove, p. 175)
• Polytrichum juniperum: powerful diuretic (in strong infusion) (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1537)
• Strophanthus hispidus: cardiac, ascites from hepatic cirrhosis (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1848)
• Zea mays: due to heart condition (Ellingwood, p. 437)


complementary herbs

edema: renal : Ligusticum levisticum + Agropyron repens + Apium graveolens (seed) + Parietaria diffusa (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 131)


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