CACTUS
cactus grandiflorus
CACTUS
cactus grandiflorus
Cactus
grandiflorus L.
Used Part.
The flowers and stems.
Active Principles.
Cactina (hordenina) cacticina, narcisina, grandiflorina, hyper, rutoside, routine.
Drug Action.
The cactina
has
a
pseudo -
digital
without risk of accumulation, so it
was
used as cardiotonic.
Indications.
Formerly used in the treatment of
angina
pectoris
, coronaritis, palpitations, congestive heart
failure
. Dose: 1: 1 extract
liquid
fresh: 1 - 15 drops 1 - 3 times per day in
a
small water glass.
Contraindications.
Other
cardiac
medications, quinidine, Anthraquinone laxatives, thiazide diuretics (for the possible enhancement of
cardiac
effect) An overdose can cause tachycardia, cardioespasmo or
a
feeling
of constriction in the chest,
carditis
, pericarditis, mental confusion,
headache
,
vertigo
, amblyopia, the sensitivity of
gastrointestinal
upset and noise. This herb should only be used below the guidance of trained medical practitioners. The
cactus
can enhance the drug as an digitoxin heart, digoxin and other plants that contain
cardiac
glycosides. Physicians should closely monitor individuals who consume formulas with the
cactus
to take drugs or
cardiac
glycosides. The
cactus
is contraindicated in
pregnancy
.
Caution / Poisoning.
We recommend their use and avoid resorting to digitalis standardized.
Not to be confused with other species of
Cactus
: Opuntia
vulgaris
, Opuntia ficus - indica, and so on.
Bibliography.
Benigni, R; Capra,
C
; Cattorini,
P
. Piante Medicinali. Chimica, Pharmacology and Therapy. Milano: Inverni & Della Beffa, 1962,
p
. 173 - 4.
James,
A
; Duke, Ph.
D
. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. 5. Boca Raton,
Florida
: CRC Press, 1987, pp. 441; 522.
Van Hellemont, J. Compendium of Phytothérapie. Bruxelles: Association Pharmaceutique Belge, 1986,
p
. 93 - 4.
Grandiflorus
cactus
Selenicereus.
The
cactus
- grandiflorus of Selenicereus (in the Cactaceae or the
family
of
Cactus
)
Dismisses used:
Try / smell:
Sweet, tart.
Trends:
Cooling, drying.
The portrait mental and
specific
: He said conditions for the expansion and atony of negligence
muscular
and
has
a
special affinity for the heart.
The use:
a
) Diuretic, b) tonic
cardiac
stimulant,
c
) trophorestorative Heart,
d
) Stimulating the nerves and
spinal
traction.
The main action is on the
cactus
fiber circular
muscle
of the heart and arterioles and is used in
cardiac
incompetence, CHF, weak heart, and
angina
mitral insufficiency.
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