Flowering top hawthorn Crataegus HERBORISTERIE oxyacanta
Soothes the heart, provides a restful sleep.
Crataegus L. oxyacanta
Family: Rosaceae
Other names: White Thorn, Thorn May, Noble spine, May Wood, Pear bird, Sénellier, Pear yes-
Properties of the buds Hawthorn
- Antispasmodic
- Calming
- Hypotensor
- Tonicardiaque
Indications Hawthorn flowering tops
- Palpitations
- Hypertension
- Arteriosclerosis
Dosage of hawthorn
Infusion: 10 g / l, infuse for 15 minutes, drink a cup 3-4 times a day, cures for several weeks.
The advice of our pharmacist herbalist: How to achieve an infusion
. Put the recommended amount of herb (or herb mixture) in a teapot.
. Pour the boiling water volume indicated.
Note: Prepare your teas with low mineral water. Water plays an important role as it conveys the properties of plants.
. Replace the cover.
. Infuse the time. This time is variable according to the plant or portion thereof: from 3 to 5 minutes for the fresh plant, and from 5 to 15 minutes to dry the plants.
. Go and drink this tea hot.
NB: The infusions must then be kept cool and consumed rapidly (24).
Warnings against Hawthorn
No cons-indications reported so far.
Side effects of hawthorn
No side effects reported to date.
Use during pregnancy or lactation
No data is known at this time.
Recommended associations with hawthorn
- Passionflower (palpitations)
- Valerian (sleep)
- Olivier (mild to moderate hypertension)
Botanical description of hawthorn
Hawthorn is a shrub or bush up to 4 meters high. The gray branches are covered with short strong spines. Toothed and incised leaves are divided into 3-5 paler beneath shallow lobes, shiny green above. White or pinkish flowers appear in May, they are arranged in corymbs and leave the leaf axils. The fleshy fruit containing several seeds.
Odor
Slightly fragrant, characteristic.
Flavor
A little sweet and bitter, astringent.
