Crataegus pinnatifida
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Oct 24, 2026
Getting to Know Hawthorn | Heather Irvine
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5:04Heather IrvineNARRATOR
And I would add that this is an epidemic disease with no other really outstanding therapeutics outside of two extremes.
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5:14Heather IrvineNARRATOR
Lifestyle diet and exercise and emergency medicine being the other extreme.
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5:21Heather IrvineNARRATOR
Another standout action is called positively inotropic.
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5:26Heather IrvineNARRATOR
This term conventionally describes increasing the contractility of the cardiac muscle.
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5:31Heather IrvineNARRATOR
Those in cardiac medicine may respond with alarm.
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5:34Heather IrvineNARRATOR
How do you control the dose? Now, Hawthorne has a similar effect with a different direct action, slower and gentler also.
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5:43Heather IrvineNARRATOR
Cardiac glycosides used in emergency medicine impact the contractile fibers of the muscle directly and instantly, which is to say they immediately elicit a strong contraction of the heart muscle, which is useful in controlled doses in heart failure.
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5:59Heather IrvineNARRATOR
But it can be dangerous.