If you smoke a lot, drink more than 2 cups of coffee in a day and live a sedentary life, it is the very time to start caring about your heart. Do some favor to your heart before it is too late. In this article, I will briefly tell you what congestive heart failure (CHF) is, what are the symptoms and causes of heart failure. Then, you will know about some herbal remedies that are used to treat congestive heart failure (CHF)
What is Heart Failure?
Heart failure is the condition that the heart is not able to pump enough blood to provide the organs with their needs for blood and oxygen. Your body needs sufficient oxygen and nutrient-rich blood in order to function properly. With heart failure, your heart cannot pump enough blood as a result you start feeling abnormal fatigue, shortness of breath and leg swelling. The shortness of breath becomes worse when you do exercise, lie down and it wakes you up at night. A person living a sedentary life is more prone to develop heart failure. In the table below you can find about the symptoms and causes of heart failure.
Signs of CHF
Pay close attention to your body. Report any of these changes to your physician. It is important that you should weigh yourself every day without shoes and with the same type of clothes on.
- Increased swelling of the lower limbs (legs or ankles)
- Swelling of or pain in the abdomen
- Trouble sleeping (awakening short of breath, using more pillows)
- Frequent dry, hacking cough
- Increased fatigue or feeling tired all the time
- Feelings of sadness such as depression.
5 Top Herbal Remedies for congestive heart failure (CHF)
1) St. John's wort - treatment of heart failure
Put 2-3 tbsp. of St. John's wort on 2 cups of boiled water. Insist. Take 1/2 cup 3-4 times daily before meals.
2) Hawthorn treats heart failure
I) Put 1 tbsp. of dried hawthorn fruit in a glass of boiled water. Allow it to infuse for 2 hours in the thermos. Take 1-2 tbsp. spoon 3-4 times a day before meals.II) 10 gr. hawthorn fruit per 100 ml of vodka, infuse for 10 days. Take 10 drops in 1/2 cup of water 3 times daily before meals.
3) Herbal collection for heart failure
Valerian roots - 1 part, anise fruits - 2 parts, yarrow - 1 part, lemon balm - 1 part. Pour one tbsp. of the mixture into 1 cup of boiled water, allow to infuse for 30 minutes. Take during the day.
4) Rhodiola rosea for heart failure
Grind up dried roots of rhodiola rosea and pour 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10. Insist 7 days. Take 10-20 drops 3 times a day.
5) Ginseng for heart failure
Into dry ground ginseng root pour 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10. Insist a week. Take 10-15 drops 2-3 times a day.
USER RATINGS
Users rated the effectiveness of CHF treatment with hawthorn 4,6 out of 5 points on www.webmd.com. Here’s how one of the reviewers commented on the benefit of hawthorn in treating congestive heart failure.
Reviewer: Arizonan, 55-64 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Consumer)
Effectiveness Current Rating: 5
Ease of Use Current Rating: 5
Satisfaction Current Rating: 5
“After By-pass surgery in 2000 following a heart attack, I was told that I had congestive heart failure and my Cardiologist prescribed medication for that. However, the side effects of the medication made my heart beat slow down so much (low 40s in beats per minute) that the physician wanted to give me a pacemaker to speed up my heart beats so that I could take more of the medication. I chose not to have a pacemaker and I quit going to that Cardiologist. I then read about Hawthorn Berry (Nature's Way Brand: Standardized Hawthorn) and on my own I began taking 2 capsules once to twice a day. After a year's time on this regimen, I contacted a new Cardiologist and he ran tests which indicated that although I had some heart damage from the earlier heart attack, I no longer had congestive heart failure. Thus no need for the congestive heart failure medication. Boy was I happy about that!! Regarding Hawthorn's other benefits -- well, I can't tell whether Hawthorn Berry has helped me in cholesterol and blood pressure readings because I am still taking medications for those things. Perhaps the Hawthorn supplementation helps support those other medications, but I still found them necessary. Nevertheless, I am very grateful to a kind Father in Heaven who guided me through prayer to find this beneficial herb that he has placed on this beautiful earth so that my health prognosis as a 60-year-old man is very good with good performance in my treadmills and other tests. I am a firm believer in finding natural herbs where ever possible and Hawthorn Berry in my mind is a "God send."”
Always remember to consult with your physician before using traditional medicine methods along with contemporary medicine prescriptions. Share your heart failure experience with us. How did you cope with it? Your experience means a lot for those who are suffering from CHF.
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