Scientific name: Crataegus monogyna JACQ. (LINDM.) (Eingriffeliger Hawthorn); Cartaegus laevigata (POIRET) DC (Zweigriffeliger Hawthorn).
Folk names: Haakäsen, hawthorn, flourthorn, hawthorn, fencethorn.
Family: Rosaceae (rosefamily )
Pharmacopoeial names: Hawthorn leaves with flowers Ph.Eur. (Crataegi folium cum flore), hawthorn flowers DAC (Crataegi flos), hawthorn fruits Ph.Eur. (Crataegi fructus)
Origin: Europe
Botany: This wild shrub grows 3 to 8 feet tall, is found throughout Europe and can live up to 500 years.
Harvest Time: Flowers and leaves: April to May; fruits: September to October.
Parts of the plant used: The dried flowers or the outermost branch tips with flowers and foliage leaves, and the pseudo-fruits (berries).
Many daredevil knights and brave princes cut their teeth on it: In "Sleeping Beauty", the legendary hawthorn hedge ensured that no one could reach the enchanted princess for a hundred years. Even if the protagonists of the famous Grimm fairy tale would have liked to do without this protective function, the hawthorn was and still is considered the protective plant par excellence.
The hard wood was processed into walking sticks - protective sticks that were supposed to ward off all evil in popular belief. In addition, the hawthorn is also extremely valuable from a medical point of view; for example, Paracelsus already used hawthorn berry juice as a cardiac therapeutic - an effect from which, among others, an Irish doctor benefited in the 19th century: His practice became a Mecca for heart patients, whom he successfully treated there with hawthorn.
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In human nature, the most important thing is that the blood circulation in the whole body is in order. ”
In modern naturopathic medicine, hawthorn is also considered a highly effective therapeutic agent. The valuable ingredients contained in hawthorn, so-called flavonoids and oligomeric procyanidins, naturally support cardiovascular function.
Hawthorn is mostly administered in the form of tea, pressed plant juice as well as preparations of hawthorn leaves with flowers and hawthorn berries (powder or dry extracts) in solid forms such as tablets or dragées.
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