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cardiovascular system
arrhythmia
botanicals

primary herbs

Anemone pulsatilla (toxic): sense of danger (often associated with functional disorders) increases power and regulates action of the heart (Felter and Lloyd, pp. 1589, 1591)
Crataegus oxyacantha: rapid, feeble heart action, cardiotonic (Felter, p. 326)
Convallaria majalis (toxic): irregularity due to mechanical impediment, palpitation and vehement heart action, dyspnea: according to dose. See Felter and Lloyd, pp. 597-598 (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 74)
Cytisus scoparius: (see Weiss, p. 150)
Digitalis purpurea (toxic): weak, rapid, irregular heart action with low arterial tension (Felter, p. 333)
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): cardiac sedative (Weiss, p. 151l; Ellingwood, p. 74)
Kalmia latifolia (toxic): cardiac palpitation reflex from gastrointestinal irritation (Felter, p. 440)
Lycopus virginicus: heart disease characterized by irritability, irregularity, with dyspnea and precordial oppression; increases contraction (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1215)
Rauwolfia serpentina (toxic): extracted alkaloid: contraindications. See Weiss, p. 1515
Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic): of nervous origin, irregular pulse, feeble heart action, violent heart action, sense of constriction or a band around the heart or chest (Ellingwood, p. 213)
Strophanthus hispidus: rapid feeble heart (Ellingwood, p. 221)
Trillium pendulum (toxic): assists heart remedies in relieving functional irritation (Ellingwood, p. 263)
Viscum flavescens (toxic) (Felter and Lloyd, p. 2081)


complementary herbs

tachycardia, extra systoles: Crataegus oxyacantha + Convallaria majalis (toxic) + Anemone pulsatilla (toxic) (Priest and Priest, p. 91)
heart disease: Convallaria majalis (toxic) combines well with Leonurus cardiaca and Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic) (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 74)


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