Cardiovascular System

The heart and blood vessels — circulation, blood pressure, lipid balance, and the integrity of vessel walls.

General herbal approach

Cardiotonics such as hawthorn are the cornerstone, nourishing the heart muscle and steadying its rhythm with gentle, cumulative benefit. Hypotensives and vasodilators ease elevated blood pressure, circulatory stimulants (ginger, cayenne, rosemary) drive blood to cold extremities, and antioxidant, vaso-protective herbs (grape seed, ginkgo) shore up capillary and vessel walls. Lipid-lowering and antiplatelet herbs round out a picture that always works best alongside diet, movement, and stress care.

Key herbal actions

The actions most often called on for the cardiovascular system: Cardiotonic, Hypotensive, Vasodilator, Circulatory stimulant, Antioxidant, Hypocholesterolemic. Each links through to the herbs that carry it.