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Cardiac Herbs Flashcards

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Cardiotonic

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Herbs that benefit the heart and blood vessels, but do NOT contain cardiac glycoside
i.e. Crataegus, Tilia, Allium sativa, Leonurus

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Circulatory stimulant

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Herbs that improve blood flow and are generally warming.

i.e. Capsicum, Rosemary, Zingiber

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Peripheral vasodilator

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Herbs that widen peripheral vessels to improve circulation.

i.e. Crataegus, Tilia, Ginkgo

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Hypotensive

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Herb that reduces blood pressure.

i.e. Crataegus, Rauwolfia, Coleus, Viscum

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Monascus purpureus

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Red rice yeast
Family: 
Parts used:
For: lowering cholesterol and lipids
Has: natural statin.
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Cynara scolymus

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Artichoke
Family: asteraceae
Parts used: leaf
For: lowering lipids 
Has: flavonoids support endothelial integrity by increasing NO production.
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Commiphora mukul

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Guggul
Family: Burseraceae
Parts used: resin
For: anti-inflammatory; anti-hyperlipidemia
Has: guggulsterones that block a substance that stops the body from getting rid of cholesterol

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Trigonella foenum-graecum

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Fenugreek
Family: Fabaceae
Parts used: seeds
For: lower cholesterol and glucose
Has: galactomannans and steroidal sapogenins that lower cholesterol; flavonoids; alkaloids. 
*Good fiber*
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Allium sativum

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Garlic
Family: Liliaceae
Parts used: bulb
For: many great things! GI mainly but lowers lipids and helps with arteriosclerosis
Has: Allicin. As aged garlic more anti-oxidant protecting the heart. As fresh more antimicrobial.

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Crataegus monogyna

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Hawthorne
Family: rosaceae
Parts used: leaf, flower, berry
For: Cardiotonic, vasodilator, antioxidant.
Has: flavonoids (highest is flower) that help calcium metabolism increasing heart strength. Oliogomeric procyanidins (OPC) (highest in berry) are more antioxidant.
*opens heart

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Tilia spp.

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Linden (Lime) tree
Family: Tiliaceae
Parts used: flowers and leaves
For: hypotensive, sedative, demulcents, diaphoretic.
Has: mucilage that is soothing, flavonoids, volatile oil.

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Viscum album

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Mistletoe
Family: Loranthaceae
Parts used: stems and leaves
For: hypotensive, anti-spasmodic. *anti-cancer. 
Has: Viscotoxins and lectins.
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Beta vulgaris

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Beets
Family: Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot)
Parts used: root and juice
For: liver tonic and NO stimulator
Has: nitrates which get turned into nitrites when turn into NO!
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Rauwolfia serpentina

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Indian Snake root 
Family: Apocynaceae (periwinkle)
Parts used: root
For: hypotensive, sedative
Has: insole alkaloids Reserpine that reduces HR by affecting the CNS by depleting catacholamines decreasing sympathetic tone.
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Veratrum viride

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Hellebore
Family: Liliaceae
Parts used: root
For: hypotensive
For full-bounding pulse. 
Used as homeopathic d/t toxicity.
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Cardio active glycosides

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  1. Affect the force of heart contraction at lower doses by interfering with potassium site leading to increased intracellular Ca++ which increases contraction. 2. They also affect rate and rhythm of the heart at higher doses by interfering parasympathetically at the SA node reducing firing rate and at AV node reducing conduction velocity.
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Digitalis purpurea and ianata

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Foxglove and Wooly foxglove
Family: scrophulariaceae (figwort)
Parts used: leaf
For: cardiac stimulant 
Has: cardio active glycoside dioxin (ianata) and digitoxin (purpurea).
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Convallaria majus

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Lily of the Valley
Family: Liliaceae
Parts used: rhizomes
For: cardiotonic, cardiostimulator
Has: cardio active glycoside and flavonoids
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Cactus (Selenicereus) grandiflorus

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Cactus 
Family: cactaceae
Parts used: succulent stem
For: stimulating cardiotonic, cardiac trophorestorative
Has: alkaloids and cardiac glycoside.
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Aesculus hippocastanum

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Horse chestnut
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Parts used: dried seed
For: astringent reduces capillary permeability
Has: Aescin (triterpene saponin), flavonoids (quercetins), polysaccharides

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Rosmarinus officinalis

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Rosemary 
Family: Lamiaceae
Parts used: leaf
For: circulatory stimulant
Has: volatile oil, diterpenes (bitter), flavonoids, triterpenes

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