CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS


Clarke gives the toxic effects of homeopathy drug Cactus Grandiflorus and its therapeutic uses in non-toxic doses in his book The ABC Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, published in 1901….


      Night-blooming Cereus.

CHARACTERISTICS.

      Acute or chronic palpitation of the heart. Rheumatic disorders of the heart causing abnormal action. Functional disorders of the heart or simple dilatation, occurring in exhausted states of the system. Feeling as though the heart were strongly grasped by the hand.

TOXIC EFFECTS.

      Congestion to the head and chest. Great prostration and melancholy. Pain in the cardiac region, palpitation, oppressed breathing, and constriction about chest.1. Vomiting, colic and bloody stools.

DOSE.

      Small doses of the tincture are usually prescribed. The maximum dose is ten drops of the fluid extract three times per day.

THERAPEUTIC USES.

      Feeling as though the heart were strongly grasped by the hand.1.

Palpitation of the heart. Sense of impending death.1.

Rheumatic disorders of the heart causing abnormal action.1.

Functional disorders of the heart or simple dilatation, occurring in exhausted states of the system.1.

Myocarditis. Pulse irregular and feeble. Dyspnoea.1.

Chronic palpitation.1.

George Hardy Clark
Clark, George H. (George Hardy) 1860-1941 was the author of: Homeopathic Treatment of Asthenopia; Lee and Clark's Cough and expectoration : a repertorial index of their symptoms; The A B C Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; A system for the care and training of children; The Black Plague and Its Control.