Description
Hypertension, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, cardiac weakness, atherosclerosis, and vascular inflammation. As a vagal nerve tonic, Viscum album may help strengthen weak pulse, slow tachyarrhythmia, or enliven bradycardia. Cardiac enlargement, valvular incompetence, angina, shortness of breath, dyspnea, edema, palpitation with exertion, inability to lie down, and other symptoms of congestive heart failure are also said to be indications for Viscum. Viscum album was also used for seizures and epilepsy,1
“St. Vitus’s dance,” motor twitching, spasm, and nerve hyperactivity. Traditional herbal literature notes that V. album improves carbohydrate metabolism in cases of diabetes.2 Viscum album is also a traditional medicine for cancer and inflammation. Scientific research on Viscum has led to the development of parenteral drugs, including Iscador and Helixor, both of which are used to treat leukemia and lymphoma.
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