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cardiovascular system
Raynaud's
botanicals

primary herbs

Ginkgo biloba (standardized extract): increases peripheral blood flow; conditions involving vascular spasm (Weiss, pp. 178, 179)
Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic): icy cold hands (usually for heart conditions) (Boericke, p. 138)
Xanthoxylum americanum (bark): circulatory stimulant (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 237)

consider (depending upon the cause):

warming botanicals:
Capsicum frutescens: spasmodic affections (Felter and Lloyd, p. 436)
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Zingiber officinale

nervines:
Avena sativa
Hypericum perforatum
Passiflora incarnata
Scutellaria lateriflora
Valeriana spp.


complementary herbs

• for deficient circulation: Xanthoxylum americanum (bark) + Myrica cerifera + Zingiber officinale (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 237)


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