The Lily the Valley . The tincture is made from the entire fresh plant in the same manner as described under Millefolium . For what do we sometimes use Convallaria ? For dyspnoea due to heart disease with scanty urine ; oedemas and dropsies from the same cause. There is feeble heart sound, anaemic murmurs over jugular vein and an uneasy fluttering pain about heart. Valvular diseases. There is a sensation as if the heart stopped beating and started up again, causing a faint, sick feeling.