CONVALLARIA MAJALIS


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


      Lily of the Valley.

CHARACTERISTICS.

      Forcible, rapid and irregular action of the heart, with dropsical effusion. Dropsy, spasmodic breathing and irregular but strong contractions of the heart. Rapid, irregular heart action, with hypertrophy of the cardiac muscles.

TOXIC EFFECTS.

      Forcible, rapid and irregular action of the heart.

Spasmodic breathing.1.

DOSE.

      Extraction convallariae fluidum, 5-20 m.

Infusion convallariae (convallaria, 50 parts; water, 200 part). Tablespoonful.

THERAPEUTIC USES.

      Dilated, irregular, laboring heart with dropsy.1

Rapid, irregular heart action, with hypertrophy of the cardiac muscles.1

Mitral insufficiency, with forcible, irregular action of the heart.1

Palpitation and arrhythmical movements of the heart, with Dropsical effusion.1

Rapid, strong, irregular heart, with dropsy and spasmodic breathing.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.