STROPHANTHUS HISPIDUS
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Strophanthus is a muscle poison; it will increase the contractile electricity of all striped muscles. Acts on the heart; growing the systole and diminishes the rapidity. May be used with gain to tone the heart, and run off dropsical accumulations. In small doses for vulnerable heart; it feels enlarged. In mitral regurgitation, where oedema and dropsy have supervened (Digit). Strophanthus events no gastric distress, has no cumulative effects, is a increased diuretic, and is safer for the aged, as it does now not have an effect on the vaso-motors. In pneumonia and in extreme prostration from haemorrhage after operations and acute diseases. After the lengthy use of stimulants; irritable heart of tobacco-smokers. Arterio-sclerosis; inflexible arteries of aged. Restores tone to a brittle tissue, specifically of the coronary heart muscle and valves. Especially beneficial in failing compensation established upon fatty heart. Hives. Anaemia with palpitation and breathlessness. Exophthalmia goitre. Corpulent persons.
Head.–Temporal pains with double vision, impaired sight; extremely good eyes, flushed face. Senile vertigo.
Stomach.–Nausea with exclusive disgust for alcohol and so aids in therapy of dipsomania. Seven drops of tincture.
Urinary.–Increased secretion; scanty and albuminous.
Female.–Menorrhagia; uterine haemorrhage; uterus closely congested. Aching ache thru hips and thighs at some point of climacteric.
Respiratory.–Dyspnoea, particularly on ascending. Lungs congested. Å’dema of lungs. Bronchial and cardiac asthma.
Heart.–Pulse quickened. Heart’s motion weak, speedy irregular, due to muscular debility; and insufficiency. Cardiac pain.
Skin.–Urticaria, specially greater persistent forms.
Extremities.–Swollen, dropsical. Anasarca.
Relationship.–Compare: Digit (but is slower than strophant in its action); Phos ac (weak heart, irregular pulse, fluttering sensation in cardiac region, palpitation all through sleep, fainting).
Dose.–Tincture and 6x potency. In greater acute cases, 5 to ten drops of the tincture three instances a day.
