Crataegus Oxyacantha Benefits: A Natural Remedy for Heart Diseases

• Source :- Vegetable Kingdom
• Common Name :- Hawthorn
• Family :- Rosaceae Prover :- Dr. Greene
• Miasm :- Psora-Syphilitic
• Temperament :- Nervous
• Diathesis :- Cardiac
• Thermal :- Chilly
• Duration of action :- Short (few hours to few days)
• Active Principle :- Crataegic acid
• Inimical to :- None
• Side affection :- Left sided more than right side

INTRODUCTION :- It is a great cardiac tonic and a useful remedy in heart conditions. :- Known as the 'King of Heart Remedies' due to its marked action on the heart and circulation.

GUIDING SYMPTOMS

• Weakness of heart with irregular pulse.
• Sensation of oppression and anxiety about the heart region.
• Pulse rapid, irregular, intermittent; can feel the heartbeats throughout the body.
• Pain in the heart as if it were squeezed, constricted, or clutched.
• Great prostration, dyspnea on slightest exertion.
• Diminished force of the heart's action, with increased rate.
• Fatty degeneration of the heart.
• Cardiac dropsy with swelling of lower limbs.
• Pulse quick, feeble, irregular.
• Marked improvement in blood pressure regulation.

MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY

• Fear of heart disease.
• Anxiety, especially in the evening or after physical exertion.
• Feels faint and weak, with palpitations on lying down.

HEART & PULSE

• Pulse weak, irregular, and intermittent; may feel rapid and feeble.
• Palpitations felt prominently throughout the body, especially when lying down.
• Pulse rate increased, but force diminished, often quick and thready.
• Sensation as if the heart were squeezed, gripped, or clutched tightly.
• Sudden feeling of suffocation, needing to sit up or move to ease breathlessness.

HEART COMPLAINTS

• Causation: Arteriosclerosis, myocarditis, endocarditis, valvular disease.
• Sensation: Constriction, tightness, clutching pain in the heart region.
• Location: Mostly left side of the chest.
• Concomitant: Palpitations, dyspnea, weakness, anxiety.
• Worse: Lying on the left side, exertion, emotional stress.
• Better: Rest, lying on the right side, after sleep.

GENERALITIES

• Useful in cases of chronic heart failure, especially with valvular defects.
• Reduces high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis-related issues.
• Prevents cardiac failure in elderly patients.

SKIN

• Edema of lower limbs associated with heart complaints.
• Cyanosis of extremities due to poor circulation.

MEMORIZING TIPS

• C - Cardiac tonic
• R - Reduces high blood pressure 
• A - Anxiety with palpitations 
• T - Tightness in the chest 
• A - Arteriosclerosis indications
• E - Edema of legs in cardiac patients 
• G - Great cardiac remedy 
• U - Useful in fatty degeneration of the heart
• S - Squeezing pain in the heart