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tx
cardiovascular system
angina pectoris
botanicals

primary herbs

Aconitum napellus (toxic): sudden pain, panic, fear of death, anxiety (Ellingwood, p. 83)
Ammi visnaga: spasmolytic to coronary vessels (Weiss, p. 179)
Apocynum cannabinum (toxic): edema, smokers (Harper-Shove, p. 132)
Cimicifuga racemosa: functional irregularity of the heart, neuralgia of the heart (Ellingwood, p. 145)
Crataegus oxyacantha: coronary vasodilator, reputed to dissolve deposits in thickened and sclerotic arteries, myocardial weakness, cardiac pain (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 75; Harper-Shove, p. 132; Weiss, p. 162)
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): tremulousness, cardiac neuralgia, contracted tissues (Harper-Shove, p. 132; Felter, p. 385)
Lobelia inflata (toxic): pain with tightness and constriction of the chest, sighing respiration, sensation of weight; prompt effect with angina (Ellingwood, p. 240)
Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic): irregular pulse, weak heart action, sensation of constriction or band around the heart (Ellingwood, p. 212; Harper-Shove, p. 132)
Spigelia marilandica (toxic): violent palpitations, substernal pain, radiating to neck and arms, irregular pulse (Harper-Shove, p. 132)
Strophanthus kombe, gratus (toxic) (Weiss, p. 142)


complementary herbs

neuralgia of the heart and functional irregularity: Cimicifuga racemosa + Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic) (Ellingwood, p. 145)
• long term: consider vascular tonics: Crataegus oxyacantha + Allium cepa + Allium sativum + Capsicum frutescens + Medicago sativa + Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic) + Tilia europaea or platyphyllos + Aesculus hippocastanum (toxic) (NCNM Botanicals)
Crataegus oxyacantha combines well with Selenicereus grandiflorus (toxic), Tilia platyphyllos, Viscum album (toxic) or Scutellaria lateriflora (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 75)

formula: anginal symptoms of vasomotor origin: tinctures of:
Strophanthus kombe (toxic), 10 ml.
Valeriana spp., 10 ml.
Nitrous ether spirit, 10 ml.
instructions: 20 drops three times daily (Weiss, p. 142)


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