Crataegus oxyacantha
by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
- HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE
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Crataegus oxyacantha appears in 5 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Hawthorn Berries (CRATAEGUS) Produces giddiness, lowered pulse, and air hunger and reduction in blood-pressure. Acts on muscle of heart, and is a heart tonic . No influence on the endocardium. Myocarditis. Failing compensation. Irregularity of heart . Insomnia of aortic sufferers; anæmia; œdema; cutaneous chilliness…”
“HEART. Nerves. Weak and exhausted; suddenly. Cardio-hæmorrhagic or lithæmic cases (Lycps.). .................... Irritable. Despairing. Cough, with albuminous expectoration. WEAK HEART MUSCLES (r); with oppression, stitches or insomnia. Cardiac dyspnœa. Myocarditis. Incompetent valves. Cardiac dilatation. Angina…”
“Hawthorn. N. O. Rosaceæ. Tincture of the ripe fruit. Angina pectoris / Heart, affections of / failure of; hypertrophy of Cratægus was introduced into medicine as a heart remedy by Dr. Greene, of Ennis, Ireland, and it has been used empirically with much success in cases of heart failure. It has usually been given in…”
“Common name: hawthorn berries. The few provings that have been made show conclusively that its action is directly upon the heart, which, primarily, it excites moderately, but to such a degree that it becomes quite evident that the long-continued use of the drug would result in lowering the tone of the heart and…”