Convallaria majalis
Heart remedy for irritable heart with irregular action. Sensation as if heart stops then starts with a bound. Cardiac dropsy. Dyspnoea from cardiac weakness. Endocarditis. Useful in tobacco heart and senile heart.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Convallaria majalis (Asparagaceae) at flowering.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Irritable heart with irregular, tumultuous action. Sensation that heart stops then starts again with a violent bound. Cardiac dropsy with scanty urine. Dyspnoea on least exertion. Endocarditis. Tobacco heart. Fluttering, rapid, irregular pulse. Useful in senile heart failure.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious about heart. Irritable. Dull.
General Symptoms
Heart primarily. Worse from exertion, warm room, lying on left side, tobacco. Better from open air, rest, cold.
Physical Symptoms
Chest
Heart irregular, tumultuous. Sensation of heart stopping then bounding. Endocarditis. Fluttering. Palpitation. Cardiac asthma. Tobacco heart.
Respiratory
Dyspnoea from cardiac weakness. Cannot climb stairs.
Urinary
Scanty urine with cardiac dropsy.
Extremities
Edema from cardiac failure. Cold extremities.
Modalities
Better From
Open air, rest, cold
Worse From
Exertion, warm room, lying on left side, tobacco
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Heart tonic for irritable, irregular heart.
Clinical Indications
Irritable heart, cardiac dropsy, endocarditis, tobacco heart, senile heart failure, palpitation
Comparative Materia Medica
Digitalis has slower action and more nausea. Crataegus is a milder tonic. Cactus has constricting heart. Iberis has heart awareness.
Safety Information
Not well established.
All parts of lily of the valley contain cardiac glycosides (convallatoxin, convallarin). Highly toxic — causes cardiac arrhythmias, nausea, death. Even the water from a vase of these flowers can be toxic. Use ONLY potentised forms.
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