| Homeopathic Aconite may be an excellent first line of | | | | nicely within 48 to 72 hours. |
| treatment in persons suffering a heart attack. It turns | | | | This broken heart syndrome so weakens the left |
| out there is more than one kind of heart attack. In the | | | | ventricle that it changes shape. Japanese researchers |
| typical one, one of the coronary arteries that supply | | | | named this deformity "tako-tsubo” or “octopus |
| blood to the heart muscle becomes blocked causing | | | | trap” as it takes the shape of a vase-like pot used |
| that part of the heart muscle fed by that artery to | | | | in Japan to trap octopuses. |
| become necrotic or dead. It causes crushing chest pain | | | | Stressors known to cause broken heart syndrome |
| often radiating in to the left arm. Another, less known | | | | can be witnessing the death or near death of a loved |
| syndrome has been called broken heart syndrome or | | | | one, giving a speech, even a surprise party. Other |
| achy breaky heart. | | | | stressors include: losing a lot of money suddenly, |
| It seems the phrase, suffering from a broken heart, is | | | | seeing one’s dog caught in a trap, getting lost |
| more than a metaphor. As reported in the Wall Street | | | | driving in an unsafe part of the city at night, even |
| Journal, February 9, 2010, it is now known that persons | | | | feeling overwhelmed by new computer software. |
| who experience an extreme emotional shock can go | | | | Whatever the cause, the event produces very high |
| into state of temporary heart failure called stress | | | | levels of adrenaline which cause the left ventricle to |
| cardiomyopathy. It can mimic a heart attack with chest | | | | fail, that is, to pump very inefficiently. |
| pain and be hard to distinguish from a typical heart | | | | Homeopathy could help. Aconitum napellus, better |
| attack or myocardial infarction. But in the “broken | | | | known simply as Aconite, would be an excellent first |
| heart syndrome” the coronary arteries are not | | | | line of treatment for it has won laurels for two |
| blocked as they are in a typical heart attack. Rather, it | | | | centuries treating the effects of extreme sudden |
| appears that the heart muscle has been | | | | shock and fright and the accompanying weakness |
| “stunned” by very high levels of adrenaline | | | | that that fright provokes. A high potency such as 10M |
| (epinephrine and norepinephrine) brought on by | | | | would be ideal, but if you cannot obtain it, buy some |
| extreme stress resulting in the left ventricle, that | | | | Aconite 30c and carry it with you. It should be helpful |
| chamber of the heart that pumps the blood up and out | | | | both in the usual heart attack as well as broken heart |
| of the heart to the rest of the body, being unable to | | | | syndrome. Aconite is safe and may be the best thing |
| pump efficiently. Cardiac output (the ability of the heart | | | | you can do for yourself as you head for the |
| to pump blood) can drop to as low as 20% of normal. | | | | Emergency Room. It should be emphasized that you |
| The good news is that these patients usually recover | | | | must seek treatment from the nearest hospital. |