LILY OF THE VALLEY LIMA BEAN

LILY OF THE VALLEY (Convallaria majalis L.) X

Activities (Lily of the Valley):
Antiseptic (1; PNC); Cardiotonic (1; CRC; KOM; PNC); Diuretic (1; CRC; FAD; PH2); Emetic (f; CRC; EFS; FAD); Fungicide (1; PNC); Hypotensive (2; KOM); Kaliuretic (2; KOM); Natriuretic (2; KOM; PH2); Negative Chronotropic (2; PH2); Negative Dromotropic (2; PH2); Nervine (f; CRC; EFS); Positive Bathmotropic (2; PH2); Positive Inotropic (2; KOM; PH2); Toxic (2; PHR); Vasoconstrictor (1; PHR; PH2); Venotonic (2; KOM).

Indications (Lily of the Valley) :
Angina pectoris (f; CRC); Apoplexy (f; CRC); Arrhythmia (2; CRC; KOM; PH2); Bladder Stone (2; PHR); Burn (f; FAD); Cardiac Deficiency (due to old age) (2; KOM); Cardiac Insufficiency (f; CRC; PH2); Childbirth (f; PH2); Conjunctivosis (f; PHR; PH2); Convulsion (f; CRC); Cor pulmonale (f; KOM; PH2); Dropsy (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Epilepsy (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Fever (f; CRC; FAD); Fungus (1; PNC); Heart (f; CRC); High Blood Pressure (2; KOM); Infection (1; PNC); Kidney Stone (2; PHR); Leprosy (f; PHR; PH2); Mild Cardiac Insufficiency (2; KOM; PHR); Mycosis (1; PNC); Nervousness (2; PHR; PH2); Palsy (f; CRC); Paralysis (f; PHR; PH2); Rheumatism (f; CRC); Sprain (f; CRC); Stroke (f; PHR; PH2); UTI (2; CRC; PHR); Venosis (2; PHR); Vertigo (f; CRC); Water Retention (1; CRC; FAD; PH2).

Dosages (Lily of the Valley):
0.6 g standardized herb powder (KOM); 0.3–0.6 ml liquid herb extract (PNC); 0.3–1.2 ml herb tincture (PNC); effective dose of convallotoxin (sic) = 0.4–0.6 mg, the prepared dose 0.2–0.3 mg, iv (PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Lily of the Valley):
Not covered (AHP). “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Commission E reports contraindications: digitalis glycosides, potassium deficiency; side effects: cardiac arrhythmias, nausea, and vomiting; interactions: increased effectiveness (and side effects) of coadministered calcium, extended glucocorticoids therapy, laxatives, quinidine, saluretics. Not cumulative like digitalis (EFS). Convaltoxin: Cardiopathy ED 0.2–0.6 mg PH2.


LIMA BEAN (Phaseolus lunatus L. var. lunatus) ++

Activities (Lima Bean):
Astringent (f; CRC); Cyanogenic (1; CRC); Emetic (f; CRC; JFM); Poison (1; CRC; WBB).

Indications (Lima Bean):
Bright’s Disease (f; CRC; WBB); Cancer (f; JLH); Diabetes (f; CRC; WBB); Dropsy (f; CRC; WBB); Eclampsia (f; CRC; WBB); Enterosis (f; CRC); Fever (f; CRC); Mastosis (f; CRC); Nephrosis (f; CRC; WBB); Pain (f; CRC); Poison (1; CRC); Stomachache (f; CRC); Tumor (f; JLH); Wart (f; JLH).