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Cactus Grandiflorus
Cereus grandiflorus · CACT
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Origin Plant · Cactaceae · Simple
Habitat Mexico and the West Indies
ClarkePreparation Tincture of youngest and tenderest stems and flowers collected in summer.
Sources 17 entries across 15 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …

Dose Boericke
3X, Ø
Tincture (best made from flowers), to third attenuation. Higher in nervous palpitation

Reason for useRoberts

Cactus grand. is one of the most valuable of our remedies in rheumatic affections of the heart. It matters not what the cause or condition may be — whether it be rheumatic endocarditis, pericarditis or valvular troubles — provided the indications for its use are present, particularly the characteristic " iron band " constriction and the great oppression for breath.


By regionRoberts
Eyes (Cactus) ACUTE RHEUMATIC OPHTHALMIA.
Chest (Cactus) SHARP PAINS SHOOTING THROUGH DIAPHRAGM AND UP INTO CHEST ; JERKING RESPIRATION. …

Books*
Antidoted by Aconitum Napellus 3, Camphora 3, Cinchona Officinalis 3 +4
Complementary —
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Arnica Montana, Arsenicum Album +8
Compare Digitalis Purpurea, Kalmia Latifolia, Aconitum Napellus +53

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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