Iberis amara
Heart remedy with full, irregular, intermittent pulse. Awareness of the heart — can feel every beat. Cardiac dropsy. Palpitation worse from least exertion, lying on left side. Vertigo with heart symptoms.
Source
Prepared from the seeds of Iberis amara (Brassicaceae/Cruciferae).
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Keynote Symptoms
Heart conscious — aware of every beat. Pulse full, irregular, intermittent. Palpitation worse from least exertion and lying on left side. Cardiac dropsy. Vertigo associated with heart symptoms. Hypertrophy. Dull, heavy pain in cardiac region. Numbness and tingling of left arm with heart symptoms.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Sad, depressed. Anxious about heart. Irritable. Fearful.
General Symptoms
Heart primarily. Worse from exertion, lying on left side, lying down, smoking. Better from sitting up, rest, open air.
Physical Symptoms
Chest
Heart conscious — feels every beat. Palpitation from least exertion. Pulse full, irregular, intermittent. Sharp, darting pains in cardiac region. Hypertrophy. Cannot lie on left side. Cardiac dropsy. Numbness of left arm.
Head
Vertigo with cardiac symptoms. Dull headache.
Respiratory
Dyspnoea from cardiac origin. Cannot exert.
Extremities
Numbness and tingling left arm. Edema from cardiac failure.
Modalities
Better From
Sitting up, rest, open air
Worse From
Exertion, lying on left side, lying down, smoking, turning in bed
Constitutional Type
Heart patients with awareness of heartbeat. Those with hypertrophic heart. Not strongly constitutional.
Clinical Indications
Cardiac awareness, palpitation, cardiac hypertrophy, irregular pulse, cardiac dropsy, numbness of left arm
Comparative Materia Medica
Cactus has constricting heart sensation. Spigelia has violent visible palpitation. Naja has cardiac pain with depression. Lilium has heart and uterine alternation.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Bitter candytuft seeds contain glucosinolates. Mild toxicity. Used in herbal medicine for GI complaints (Iberogast formulation). Safe in potentised forms.
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