Hawthorn - the application

The content of useful substances: Therapeutic application are the fruits and flowers of hawthorn. The fruit of hawthorn contain sugars, flavonoids, saponins, glycosides, phytosterols, carotene, choline, tannins, malic, krategusovaya, citric, tartaric, ascorbic and other organic acids. In seeds obnaryzheny amygdalin and essential oil. In the flowers contain flavonoids, saponins, volatile oil (up to 1,5%), krategusovaya, hlorogennaya, coffee and other acids, hyperoside etc.

Application: Hawthorn is used in medicine since ancient times. Preparations hawthorn increase contraction of the heart muscle and at the same time reduce its excitability, stimulate blood circulation in the vessels of the heart and brain, normalize the rhythm of cardiac activity, neckolko lower blood pressure, improve the overall condition of cardiac patients.

In a scientific medicine hawthorn fruits are used in diseases of the heart in the form of liquid extract, eliminating tachycardia (rapid heartbeat) and arrhythmia (disturbance of the rhythm of the heart). In decompensated heart failure (lack of it), neuroses, as well as angina pectoris are complementary means to digitalis or replace it. Study of the therapeutic properties of hawthorn showed that the drugs from him calm nervous system and are beneficial to the patient's heart activity. Hawthorn extract is part kardiovalena. Recently discovered that preparations of hawthorn reduce cholesterol in the blood, normalize thyroid activity, are effective in the treatment of atherosclerosis.

Preparation of hawthorn blossoms are more effective than the fruit. Prepare infusion as follows. Two tablespoons of dried leaves of hawthorn are ground and pour 1.5 cups of boiling water. They drink in 3 divided doses for 30 minutes before eating.

Experience in traditional medicine foreign countries suggests that hawthorn can be used for gastro-intestinal diseases.

Cosmetics: Ripe hawthorn freed from bones, carefully rubbing, adding to the resulting mash a little honey, egg yolk or fresh cream (cream). Mask of hawthorn berries gives the skin elasticity, tones the work of blood vessels.