Scientific name
Digitalis lanata; Digitalis purpureaFamily
ScrophulariaceaeOrigin
Southeastern EuropeParts Used
Drug consisting of the leavesChemical constituents
- Cardiac steroid glucosides;
- Saponins;
- Anthraquinone derivatives;
- Flavonoids.
Digital in Herbal Medicine: Properties of Digital
The purified digitalic active ingredients, and their derivatives obtained by synthesis, still constitute today the cornerstone of the therapy of heart failure and some forms of arrhythmia, in particular atrial fibrillation.
