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Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna

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Common Names
Hawthorn , Mayblossom, whitethorn, Red Haw; Mayflower
Botanical Name
Crataegus monogyna
Family
ROSACEAE Rose Family
Hawthorn Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Cholesterol Control * General Health Tonics * Heart Tonics/Cordials * Hypertension HBP *
Properties: Cardic tonic Cordial* Hypotensive* Breath*
Parts Used: Flowers, leaves, berries
Constituents:tannins, flavonoids, essential oil, triterpene-carbonic acids and purine derivatives
Traditions: European * North America *


Hawthorn is a notable heart tonic

Hawthorn berries have been used as a heart tonics for thousands of years, and remain one of our most valued herbal heart tonics. The herb is used in treating angina, irregular heartbeat, and Reynaud's disease as well. Hawthorn's medical properties are cardiac, diuretic, astringent, and tonic. A great deal of scientific study has validated hawthorn's benefits to the cardiovascular system. This traditional European herb dilates coronary arteries, improves oxygenation and energy metabolism in the heart, and decreases lactic acid, the waste product of exertion that causes heart muscle pain. Hawthorn has the ability to normalize blood pressure, lowering high blood pressure and restoring low blood pressure to normal.

Hawthorn is also valuable in insomnia and as a digestive aid. Both flowers and fruit and berries are astringent and useful in decoction to cure sore throats. Both flowers and berries are used in herbal medicine, but the berries are considered stronger.


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Contains: wildcrafted Hawthorn flower and Hawthorn berry (Crataegus spp), Ginkgo leaf (Ginkgo biloba), organic Cayenne fruit (Capsicum annum).

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Contains: All Organic Eleuthero root, Dandelion root, Nettle root, Marshmallow root, Burdock root, Hawthorn berry, Saw Palmetto berry, Fennel seed, Oatstraw and a pinch of organic Stevia.

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Hawthorn is safe, and can be considered a medicinal food.
How to Use: Hawthorn
Preparation Methods :Fresh or dried berries, tincture, tea, and decoction

remedyRemedies using : Hawthorn

referencesHawthorn Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Cholesterol Control * General Health Tonics * Heart Tonics/Cordials * Hypertension HBP *
Hawthorn for :Heart and Cardio Tonic
Heart and Cardio Tonic Cardiac, diuretic, astringent, tonic. Mainly used as a cardiac tonic in organic and functional heart troubles. Both flowers and fruit and berries are astringent and useful in decoction to cure sore throats.

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Vol 1 (1931)

Hawthorn for :Cardiovascular Supplement
Cardiovascular Supplement A supreme cardiovascular supplement - improve the heart muscle's metabolism - hawthorn extracts have a marked impact on angina pectoris, atheroscloerosis, hypertension, and the fluid buildup of congestive heart failure.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Hawthorn for :Pet care
Pet care Working dogs and those who are subject to physiological stress benefit from hawthorn as a daily supplement, as do older animals who suffer from chronic heart problems.

Gregory L. Tilford, Herbs for Pets (2001)

Hawthorn Berries for :Heart tonic, HBP
Heart tonic, HBP A report in the British Medical Journal showed that the berries reduced high blood pressure caused by hardening of the arteries and kidney disease, while research work published on the effect of the flowers showed that they significantly improved the health of patients suffering from an "aging heart" and those who had heart-valve disease.

Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Hawthorn Berries for :Osteoporosis, arthritis
Osteoporosis, arthritis Arthritis, fractures, and osteoporosis. Substances in hawthorn berries called anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins help to stabilize the collagen in cartilage, which reduces joint damage, and hawthorn-flower extracts prevent the formation of thromboxane A2, a hormone involved in inflammatory processes. Hawthorn also stabilizes collagen in the bone itself

Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Plant Description
Related Species Crataegus coccinea


  • Flowers: White, rarely pinkish, usually less than 1 in. across, numerous, in terminal corymbs. Calyx 5-lobed; 5 spreading petals inserted in its throat; numerous stamens; styles 3 to 5.
  • Stem: A shrub or small tree, rarely attaining 30 ft. in height (Kratos = strength, in reference to hardness and toughness of the wood); branches spreading, and beset with stout spines (thorns) nearly 2 in. long.
  • Leaves: Alternate, petioled, 2 to 3 in, long, ovate, very sharply cut or lobed, the teeth glandular-tipped.
  • Fruit: Coral red, round or oval; not edible.
  • Preferred Habitat: Thickets, fence-rows, woodland borders.
  • Flowering Season: May.
  • Distribution: Newfoundland and Manitoba southward to the Gulf of Mexico.

"The fair maid who, the first of May,
Goes to the fields at break of day
And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree
Will ever after handsome be."

The sombre-thoughted Scotchman, looking for trouble, tersely observes:

"Mony haws
"Mony snaws."

But in delicious, blossoming May, when the joy of living fairly intoxicates one, and every bird's throat is swelling with happy music, who but a Calvinist would croak dismal prophecies? In Ireland, old crones tell marvellous tales about the hawthorns, and the banshees which have a predilection for them.

Netje Blanchan Wild Flowers worth Knowing(1917)

History and Traditions
historyMany country villagers believed that Hawthorn flowers still bear the smell of the Plague of London-the flowers are mostly fertilized by carrion insects, attracted by the suggestion of decay in the perfume. (Grieve, Maude
Astrology:
folkloreIt is a tree of Mars. The seeds in the berries beaten to powder being drank in wine, are held singularly good against the stone, and are good for the dropsy. Nicholas Culpeper
Folklore, Myths and Legends
folkloreThe tree was regarded as sacred, probably from a tradition that it furnished the Crown of Thorns. It adorns the family crest of English royalty, the Oglives, chosen by Henry VII. (Grieve, Maude

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