|
Description :
Crataegus Oxyacantha - Part used : Flowering tips.
A gentle but efficient heart tonic for periods of stress.
Hawthorn includes two kinds of active substances, studies mostly in Germany : polyphenolic ones (mainly flavonoids) and triterpenoid derivatives, accompanied by sterols.
Hawthorn regulates the cardiac rythm by reinforcing and slowing down heart contractions, and has as a cardiotonic action.
It increases coronary blood flow by a vasodilatory (vessel opening) action.
It has a sedative effect on the nervous system. These gentle non-toxic properties make Hawthorn worthwhile for troubles of the cardiac rhythm (palpitation, irregular pulse) for coronary troubles and risk of heart attack, and for nervous tension (anxiety, insomnia, visceral spasms).
|
