Lily of the Valley.
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| CONVALLARIA MAJALIS |
CHARACTERISTICS.
Forcible, rapid and irregular action of the heart, with dropsical effusion. Dropsy, spasmodic breathing and irregular but strong contractions of the heart. Rapid, irregular heart action, with hypertrophy of the cardiac muscles.
TOXIC EFFECTS.
Forcible, rapid and irregular action of the heart. Spasmodic breathing.1.
DOSE.
Extraction convallariae fluidum, 5-20 m. Infusion convallariae (convallaria, 50 parts; water, 200 part). Tablespoonful.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
Dilated, irregular, laboring heart with dropsy.1 Rapid, irregular heart action, with hypertrophy of the cardiac muscles.1 Mitral insufficiency, with forcible, irregular action of the heart.1 Palpitation and arrhythmical movements of the heart, with Dropsical effusion.1 Rapid, strong, irregular heart, with dropsy and spasmodic breathing.1.