Lachesis–Indications for this polychrest are well known. Personally, we feel that this drug aids absorption of haemorrhage after an infarction of the heart muscles particularly. There may be no particular symptoms at this time, but it is given empirically. Otherwise, the symptomatology is associated with left ventricular failure particularly with choking, necessity for air and aggravation following a nap or sleep. Naja tripudians–The poison of the cobra presents the general symptoms of snake poison such as constriction, but is free from septic aspects. Aggravations of chronic valvulitis apparently is its field, thus various sensation such as a feeling of weight and heaviness in the precordial region. With this cardiac distress there are symptoms of pain referred to the forehead and temple. As a rule low tension is seen. Clinically, it seems to suit the stage of convalescence following a long rheumatic disease and has a clinical reputation for resolving murmur.
Colchicum–This is a remedy for pericarditis with effusion with much coldness, collapse, and dyspnoea, together with a temperature. Suits the stage of rheumatic fever with much joint involvement and an exudative pericarditis.
Tabacum–an empirical remedy for extra systoles when they occur with greater frequency than normal in a person. Provings of tobacco bring out anginal-like symptoms together with pain in the precordial region and at times an intermittent pulse. Possible antidotal effects of the high potency of this drug for tobacco angina is to be remembered.
Grindelia–This drug though not properly a cardiac drug often helps symptoms due to pulmonary sclerosis, wheezing cough, strangling respiration, and symptoms that resemble left ventricular failure, but are due to extra cardiac causes.
Hamamelis–This also is not a cardiac drug as such. The patient suffers indirectly from venous congestion, varicose veins, add dilatation of the venous symptom which prevents a proper venous flow back to the heart and hence is a cause of eventual peripheral failure. Objectively, the extremities feel very tired and sore. Obvious venous dilatation is marked through- out the body. Also has an absorptive action on haemorrhages.
–The Journal of Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy,.
Vol. XXXV., No. 1.
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