Cardiovascular System Herbs

This page includes herbs that exhibit actions such as: circulatory stimulant, anti-arrhythmic, cardio-protectant, vasodilator, vascular tonic, blood tonic (though I also included blood tonics under “integumentary system herbs”, seeing as blood is technically classified as connective tissue), cardiotonic, anti-hypertensive, cardio-relaxant, neurocardiac relaxant, tonic for the emotional heart, vasodilator, venous tonic, etc. The herbs listed here do not fall under all of these categories; with each herb I have included what its main effect would be on the cardiovascular system, but many of these herbs have even more effects on this system, and on many other systems in the body. Please see the Materia Medica page, or Teas & Guides, for more information on specific herbal actions.