Lophophora williamsii - Peyote
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Therapy: This agent, one of the small cacti of Mexico, has been recommended for certain special conditions as an important heart remedy. It seems to act directly upon the nerve centers in a manner much like aconite, reducing the force and frequency of the pulse. If continued too far, its influence is that of a general depressant....."
(Finley Ellingwood: The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1915)