Therapeutic Use Of Fruits And Flowers Of Hawthorn

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Hawthorn tincture

Most often, hawthorn is grown not to decorate a plot, but to obtain medicinal raw materials. People have noticed some of the medicinal properties of its fruits and flowers a long time ago. At first, the fruit was used as an astringent for diarrhea, later tea from flowers and leaves was taken as a blood-purifying medicine. And only in the last century, research by scientists showed that the fruits and flowers of hawthorn are a good medicine for diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

It turned out that its fruits contain a lot of substances useful for humans. There are flavanoids, organic acids, carotenoids, triterpene and flavone glycosides, tannins, fatty oils, pectins, choline, sugars, vitamins and other compounds. The flowers also contain flavanoids, carotenoids, acetylcholine, choline, essential oil, oleanolic, caffeic, and ursolavic acids.

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Flowers are harvested in May at the beginning of flowering and only in dry weather. The collected raw materials are immediately laid out in a thin layer on paper or oilcloth for drying. The raw material is delicate, so there is no need to rough it up.

The fruits are harvested after full ripening together with the stalks, and then separated from them. Dried in a dryer or in a stove at temperatures up to 60 ° C. Prepared raw materials can be stored for up to two years.

Hawthorn medications have a cardiotonic effect. They increase the contractions of the myocardium, but reduce its excitability. Hawthorn preparations eliminate heart rhythm disturbances, triterpenic acids increase blood circulation in the vessels, including in the vessels of the brain, eliminate pain and discomfort in the heart.

Hawthorn preparations are used for functional disorders of cardiac activity, hypertension, angina pectoris, atrial fibrillation, atherosclerosis.

In scientific medicine, alcoholic tincture, as well as liquid and thick extract from flowers and fruits, are used to treat various heart diseases.

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Hawthorn tincture

The pharmaceutical industry prepares hawthorn tincture, which we can buy at the pharmacy, with 70% ethyl alcohol. To obtain one liter of tincture, take 100 g of crushed hawthorn fruits. After infusion, a clear yellowish-red liquid with a sweetish taste is obtained. This tincture is taken on the recommendation of a doctor, 20-30 drops three to four times a day before meals.

Hawthorn liquid extract

It is prepared by the percolation method (this is filtration, filtering the extractant (alcohol) through a layer of raw materials). The ratio of raw materials and extract is 1: 1. The result is a transparent liquid of a darkish brown color with a pleasant smell and sweetish taste. Take the extract 20-30 drops 3-4 times a day before meals on the recommendation of a doctor.

In official medicine, infusions and extracts of fruits and inflorescences of hawthorn are also used, which have antispasmodic properties, expanding the coronary vessels and blood vessels of the brain.

Infusion of hawthorn flowers

To obtain it, 1 tablespoon of flowers (5 g) is placed in an enamel bowl and poured with one glass of boiling water (200 ml), cover the dish with a lid and put in a water bath for 15 minutes. Then the infusion is cooled at room temperature for about an hour and filtered. The remaining raw materials are squeezed out. With boiled water, the volume of the resulting infusion must be brought to the original (200 ml). Take half a glass 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals.

Infusion of hawthorn fruits

To obtain it, you also need to take 1 tablespoon of chopped hawthorn fruits (15 g) and pour them into an enamel bowl with a glass of boiling water. Then put in a water bath for a quarter of an hour, then cool, strain, bring the volume of boiled water to 200 ml (everything is the same as in the previous recipe). Take a third or half glass 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals.

If you have not stocked up the raw hawthorn yourself, then it can be purchased in dried form in pharmacies. Its fruits are there in packages of 50, 75 and 100 g, flowers - 50 g each, you can also buy hawthorn tincture in pharmacies. Also in pharmacies you can buy cardiovalen, which contains hawthorn extract.

In folk medicine, hawthorn has been used and is used for angina pectoris, arrhythmias, insomnia, shortness of breath, dropsy, dizziness, and as a sedative for nervous excitement.

The recipe for hawthorn infusion, it is prepared in the same way as indicated above -1 tablespoon of chopped fruits in a glass of boiling water - and in a water bath, in folk medicine it is recommended for vices, heart neurosis, arrhythmias, to improve blood circulation in the vessels. It is taken, as recommended in official medicine, in a third or half glass 2-3 times a day, half an hour before meals.

In case of extrasystole, to restore the level of cholesterol in atherosclerosis, a decoction is used, which is prepared from 20 g of chopped hawthorn fruits. They are poured with a glass of boiling water (200 ml) and boiled over low heat for 15 minutes, then insisted for one hour. After that, filter and bring the volume of the broth to the original (200 ml) with boiled water. Take a decoction of 1 tablespoon three times a day.

Infusion of hawthorn fruits

It is used for hypertension and to relieve nervous tension. To obtain the infusion, a tablespoon of dry hawthorn fruits is poured with a glass of boiling water, covered with a lid and insisted for two hours in a warm place. Then filter and take 1-2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day before meals.

With insomnia, an infusion of chopped hawthorn fruits will help. They are poured with a glass of boiling water (200 ml), insisted for half an hour and drunk like tea

To strengthen the walls of blood vessels in sclerosis in folk medicine, a thick extract of hawthorn fruits is prepared. To do this, pour two tablespoons of chopped dry fruits with a glass of boiling water and evaporate over low heat until the liquid is reduced by half. The extract is ready. It is taken in a quarter teaspoon in a glass of water three times daily before meals. If you need to store this extract for some time, then add 2-4 tablespoons of vodka to the liquid.

Tincture of fruits and flowers of hawthorn

To obtain a tincture from the fruits, take 25 g of chopped hawthorn fruits and pour them with 100 g of vodka, insist for two weeks. Take 30-50 drops per glass of water three times a day a quarter of an hour before meals.

The flower tincture is prepared in a 1: 2 ratio (one part of the raw material and two parts of vodka). They also insist for two weeks. Take 40 drops per glass of water three times a day a quarter of an hour before meals. Taking these tinctures has a beneficial effect on the central nervous system and on the cardiovascular system. With their regular use, irritability, anxiety are removed, insomnia disappears.

Infusion of hawthorn flowers

To obtain it, 200 ml of boiling water is poured over one tablespoon of dried flowers, covered with a lid and insisted until the liquid is cooled. Drink for heart disease, suffocation, dizziness, half a glass 3-4 times a day. This infusion will also help calm down and relieve nervous tension.

Contraindications

Since hawthorn preparations reduce blood pressure, they cannot be taken or completely abandoned for hypotonic patients. And also with bradycardia and increased blood clotting. As with other herbal preparations, pregnant women and nursing mothers should be wary of hawthorn. It won't hurt to consult your doctor.

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