CARDIOVASCULAR

SYMPTOM
CONDITION
SUB-CONDITION
HERB
ANGINA PECTORIS
Vasomotoria (false) with slow pulse, precordial heaviness, mild general cardiac neuralgia
 
Lobelia
 
Adjunct for fear of death, constant guarding against pain
 
Avena, Crataegus
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
Lipid lowering
 
Arctium, Eleutherococcus, Harpagophytum, Opuntia juice, Panax quinquefolium, Tribulus
 
 
with confusion, sluggishness in aged
Capsicum , Zingiber
 
 
with dry membranes, skin
Myrica, Xanthoxylum
 
General
 
Crataegus, Ginkgo
CAPILLARY FRAGILITY
General
 
Quercus with flavonoids (Flavonoid sources Crataegus berries, Eriogonum, Opuntia fruit/flowers)
CARDIOPATHIES
Tachycardia, nervous
 
Cypripedium, Epipactis, Leonurus
 
 
with circulatory excitement, anxiety
Leonurus, Lycopus
 
Functional neurocirculatory disorders
 
Avena, Cereus, Leonurus, Lophophora, Scutellaria
 
 
with depression, hypochondriasis, necrophobia
Cereus
 
 
with depression, intestinal hyposecretion, flatulence
Xanthoxylum
 
Supportive to other measures for anxiety syndromes in chronic cardiopathies
 
Leonurus, Lycopus, Scutellaria
EDEMA
 
with weak circulation, debility
Apocynum, Aristolochia, Myrica, Xanthoxylum
 
 
with constipation
Aralia hispida
 
 
with functional cardiac insufficiency
Apocynum, Asclepias asperula, Asclepias incarnata
 
 
with vascular stasis and sepsis
Baptisia
 
 
with venous stasis in pelvis and legs
Collinsonia, Fouquieria
FATTY DEGENERATION OF HEART
Adjunct therapies
 
Fucus, Phytolacca
HEMORRHAGE
General
 
Achillea (fresh tincture), Cinnamomum, Erigeron
 
Passive capillary
 
Capsella, Hamamelis, Lycopus
 
From congested, boggy mucosa
 
Erigeron, Hydrastis
HYPEREMIA
General
 
Asclepias tuberosa
 
Venous
 
Collinsonia
 
 
with flushed face, bright eyes, contracted pupils, restlessness, excitation
Gelsemium
 
 
with full bounding pulse, bloodshot eyes, pulsing neck, red stripe down tongue
Veratrum
HYPERTENSION
Episodic, mild
 
Vinca
 
Episodic with headache, tachycardia
 
Viscum
 
Essential
 
Allium, Crataegus, Tribulus
 
 
with strong pulse
Asclepias tuberosa
 
 
with elevated diastole, arterial hypertonicity
Crataegus and Passiflora
HYPERTROPHY
In aged
 
Asclepias asperula
 
Chronic, dilated
 
Lycopus
HYPOTENSION
Asthenic with dry skin and frequent blushing
 
Angelica (cured Chinese), Panax (Chinese Kirin and Korean Red)
 
Asthenic with palpitations and dyspnea
 
Kola
 
 
with water retention and edema
Apocynum, Aristolochia serpentaria
 
 
with frequent urination
Glycyrrhiza
PALPITATIONS
Arrhythmia with tachycardia
 
Convallaria
 
 
with dyspnea
Crataegus
 
 
with agitation, neurotic
Cypripedium and Cereus
 
From overexertion
 
Prunus
 
 
with hypotension, asthenia, dyspnea
Kola, Lophophora
 
After febrile infection
 
Lycopus
 
From hiatus hernia or gastritis
 
Lycopus
 
In evening with emotional agitation
 
Passiflora, Scutellaria
 
In menopause or puberty from corticosteroid imbalances
 
Vitex
REGURGITATIONS
Mitral
 
Cereus
 
 
with sense of heaviness
Collinsonia
 
Tricuspid
 
Apocynum
TOBACCO HEART
 
 
Cereus, Lycopus, Passiflora
VARICOSE VEINS
Legs, inner thighs, from diet or chronic poor fat digestion
 
Collinsonia, Fouquieria
 
Legs, inner thighs
 
Aesculus (both)
 
 
with relaxed tissues, sense of fullness
Hamamelis
VASONEUROSIS
Impaired circulation to extremities
 
Dulcamara
 
Skin and mucosa
 
Calendula, Heterotheca, Xanthoxylum
VENOUS STASIS
In pelvis and legs, with dyspepsia and general G.I. hypofunction, rectal heaviness
 
Aesculus, Collinsonia
 
In turgid veins, not from cardiac decompensation or portal hypertension
 
Hamamelis

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