Night-blooming Cereus
selenicereus grandiflorus
Medicinal Actions
Antiinflammatory, Antirheumatic, Cardiotonic, Positive Inotropic, Spinostimulant, Vesicant
Primary Conditions Treated
Vasodilator
Vermifuge
Angina
Bleeding
Cardiopathy
Congestion
Cystosis
Dermatosis
Dropsy
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspnea
Dysuria
Endocardosis
Fungus
Headache
Heart
Hemoptysis
Inflammation
Menorrhagia
Myocardosis
Nephrosis
Nervousness
Neuralgia
Neurosis
Palpitation
Prostate
Respirosis
Rheumatism
Stenocardia
Worm
General Dosage
0.6 ml fluid extract to 10 ×/day; 0.12 to 2 ml 2–3 ×/day; 10 drops tincture in sweet water 3–5 ×/day.
Safety & Contraindications
Class 1. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. The fresh juice can irritate the GI tract. Cactine may possibly have cardiotonic effects.
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