IMPORTANT NOTE: ALWAYS READ THE ENTIRE LABEL TO MAKE SURE THE MEDICINAL HERBAL PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY BE ALLERGIC TO AND WON’T MIX WELL WITH OTHER MEDICATIONS YOU’RE TAKING.
Little known facts
Hawthorn or crataegus is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the Rosaceae family. It can be found in the temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. They can grow up to 15 m tall. They have a pome fruit and thorny branches.
The crown of thorns placed on the head of Christ was of hawthorn origin.
Hawthorn trees grow in a grove on the Mount of Olives outside of Jerusalem.
True effects
Hawthorn can help the heart utilize oxygen. The herb can aide in preventing high blood pressure and low blood pressure.
Hawthorn is great for cardiac weakness.
The herb has proven to be useful in easing cardiac pain, and regulating a heartbeat.
Hawthorn can be useful in reducing cholesterol.
Hawthorn has proven effective in improving myocardial metabolism, allowing the heart to function with less oxygen.
The herb can help relieve insomnia and or restlessness.
Disorders, irritations, ailments, and bodily systems treated by Hawthorn
Ademia
Adrenal weakness
Angina pectoris – In order to describe angina pectoris, we have to explain angina. Angina is simply a severe strangling pain. Angina pectoris is a constricting pain in the chest caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle. You might feel it in the left shoulder and arm, or the neck.
Arrhythmias – Arrhythmias is an irregularity, especially of the heartbeat.
Arteriosclerosis – A disease that affects blood vessels in which there is serious inflammation in the walls of certain arteries.
Arthritis – In case you don’t know what it is by now, let me clarify. Arthritis is when there is serious damage to joints in the body. There are certain kinds of arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis for example can be an autoimmune disease where the body will literally be attacking itself.
High or low blood pressure – This should be self-explanatory. But let’s get into it for argument’s sake. High blood pressure or hypertension is when the pressure in your blood is chronically elevated. This can lead to heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes. Low blood pressure or hypotension is when the pressure in your blood is abnormally low. This can lead to chest pains, a shortness of breath, fevers, and headaches.
Cardiac symptoms
Dropsy – Accumulation of clear fluids in bodily tissues or cavities, and an obsolete term to describe many other fluid retaining states is dropsy.
Edema – Swelling caused by an excess of liquid in certain tissues.
Enlarged heart – This square-shaped organ is the biggest muscle in the human body, but it can be host to any number of diseases and deficiencies. Among these heart problems are ventricular septal defect, stenosis of lung artery, ostium secundum, and heart attacks and heart failures.
Hypertrophy – This is simply the enlargement of an organ or part of an organ, caused by the increase in size of the cells composing it.
Hypertension – High blood pressure or hypertension is when the pressure in your blood is chronically elevated. This can lead to heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes.
Hypoglycemia – This is a condition that affects many people today. Hypoglycemia is when your blood sugar levels are low. You’re not eating enough sweet foods. The term, hypoglycemia means “under-sweet blood”.
Liver – The liver is a multi-purpose and extremely helpful organ, but it can be host to a number of diseases and disorders; such as, Hepatitis or inflammation of the liver, Cirrhosis or the formation of fibrous tissue inside the liver, Gilbert’s syndrome or the genetic disorder of the bilirubin metabolism, and Glycogen storage disease II which leads to progressive muscle weakness.
Menopause – Mostly a condition for women, commonly occurring between 45 and 50 years old, menopause is the death of menstruation. Symptoms include hot flashes, headaches, and vulvar discomfort.
Nephritis – Nephritis is simply an inflammation of your kidney, caused by any number of things, including infections.
Rheumatism – A term that best describes disorders of the heart, bones, joints, kidneys, and lungs. A symptom of Rheumatism is back pain.
Sleeplessness
Sore throat – This should be self-explanatory. But I think we should describe a sore throat. Maybe I just like to share everything I learn with my readers. A sore throat is a condition leading to discomfort in the throat, especially when you swallow food. It can be irritated and made worse by coughing.
Stomach
Stress
Vibrancy
Herbal First Aide
No home should be without this recipe for an herbal first aide kit.
You must have Aloe Vera. The gel from the plant’s leaves will help in relieving pain, and healing burns and cuts. Believe me, I know this works.
The Herb Book by John Lust
The Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis Balch
Back to Eden, 2nd Revised Edition by Jethro Kloss & Promise K. Moffet
Children’s Herbal Health by Deanne Tenney
Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook by James Duke, Ph.D
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Michael Nurray, N.D.
Herbally Yours by Penny C. Royal
A Modern Herbal by Mrs. Grieve
Desk Reference to Nature’s Medicine by Steven Foster and Rebecca L. Johnson
