Hawthorn (Cretaegus Oxycantha)
Hawthorn has been one of the most popular of all the botanical cardiovascular medicines for decades. Its current use for circulatory and cardiac problems comes from an Irish physician, who started using it successfully on his patients for such conditions towards the end of the 19th century.
Today, hawthorn remains one of the more popularly used botanical medicines for heart conditions throught Europe.
- helps to improve the circulation of blood to the heart by dilating the blood vessels and relieving spasms of the arterial walls
- helps to regulate the tone of blood vessel walls
- helps in the maintenance of healthy blood pressure
- helps in restoring a normal heart beat
- helps relieve angina pain
- increases the strength of heart contraction
- increases coronary blood flow
- reduces cholesterol levels and the size of existing atherosclerotic plaque
Hawthorn is used to treat angina and coronary artery disease. It is also useful for mild congestive heart failure and irregular heart beat. It has been known for increasing coronary blood and restoring normal heartbeat. Modern studies show hawthorn helps treat elevated cholesterol levels.
Herbalists found that hawthorn restores blood pressure to normal: it lowers high blood pressure and raises low blood pressure.
The results of research suggest the primary activity of hawthorn is to increase coronary blood flow. This may be due to a relaxation of coronary arteries, which directly increases blood flow, allows more time for blood passage through the heart's arteries. Hawthorn also slightly increases the strength of the contraction. Hawthorn also affects intracellular calcium levels in the heart muscle, resulting in improved cardiac function and a lowering of spastic cardiac conditions.
In medical studies it has been established that when hawthorn is present the heart muscle survive on less blood and oxygen. If a heart attack does occur, the heart survives longer.
It has also been established that if damage to the heart muscle does occur, it is much less in those who use hawthorn and more severe in those who do not use hawthorn
CONSTITUENTS OF HAWTHORN
- Bioflavonoids complexes - anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins, as well as condensed polyphenolic tannins known as procyanidolic oligomers
- other bio-active compounds
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