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| lent subjective effects on headaches, dizziness, loss of energy, irritability and other symptoms connected with raised blood pressure. It has no unpleasant side effects and is nontoxic in the usual doses. . . . Mistletoe is appropriate for extended treatment, as one would expect with a gentle herbal drug. |
| As Dr. Weiss noted, mistletoe should be brewed as a cold infusion (see page 26), using 2-4 tsp. dried herb per cup of water. He recommended preparing one cup at night for consumption in the morning and another during the day for evening use. For an all-purpose heart tonic "which patients ask for again and again, because it obviously helps them and is well-tolerated," combine equal parts mistletoe, hawthorn (leaves and flowers or dried berries) and lemon balm. Brew an infusion using 2 tsp. tea per cup of boiling water. Weiss recommended sipping the tea slowly while warm. |
| In England, Germany and throughout Europe, European mistletoe is respected as an excellent relaxing nervine that tones the nervous system and acts directly on the vagus nerve to slow a rapid pulse while strengthening capillary walls, reducing blood pressure and easing the symptoms of arteriosclerosis. A specific for tachycardia or rapid pulse associated with stress or nervousness, mistletoe also relieves headaches caused by high blood pressure. It combines well with hawthorn berry and other herbs. |
| The Austrian herbalist Maria Treben recommended that once a year everyone drink 3 cups of mistletoe tea a day for three weeks, then 2 cups a day for two weeks, then 1 cup a day for one week. "By the end of the six weeks," she wrote in Health from God's |
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