Common Name: Hawthorn berry
Tincture: (1:3 @ 45%). 749 h2o, 613 alc.
Contains: flavonoid glycocides (incl quercitrin, vitexin-4-rhamoside, rutin);
Procyanidins (possibly with the triterpenoid fraction);
Saponins (aka Crataegus lactone);
Trimethylamine;
Triterpenoid (derived from leucoanthocyanidins - crategolic acid);
Tannins (condensed, forming phlobaphenes).
Comment: Exerts a sympathetic action on the coronary circulation and a parasympathetic action on the myocardial muscle; The flowers stimulate the pulse rate, also.
Purposes: (See also Disease: Signs & Symptoms)
| angina |
| arteriosclerosis |
| birth | Myocardial insufficiency. |
| blood pressure, high |
| eczema | Internal connection of blood and lymph flow. |
| heart | Coronary or palpitations, extra systole, angina. |
| polyarteritis nodosa |
| salpingitis | Improves local blood flow. |
| sarcoidosis |
| varicose veins |
Used In: (See Formulas)
Heart Tonic
High Blood Pressure
Properties:
Amphoteric
Tonic
Contraindication(s):
Clinical: 10 ml per 100 ml tincture.
Clinicals:
BREATHE EASY+1 dr thymus
heart
vascular
Constituents:
| Flavonoid glycoside | s. Including quercetin, vitexin-4-rhamnoside, rutin. Note also that Cinchona succiruba extends cellular refractory period upto 100% so has an application in night cramps (also indicated for weak cramps in labour; contraindicated pregnancy). |
| Procyanidin | s. Possibly with its triterpenoid fraction. |
| Saponin, triterpenoid | Derived from leucoanthocyanidins -- crategolic acid. |
| Tannin | s. Condensed, forming phlobaphenes. |
| Trimethylamine |
Materia Medica: (See Materia Medica.)
| Blood vessel tonics | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |
| Cardiac tonics | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |
| Collagen tonics | MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM |
| Hypotensives | CARDIO_VASCULAR SYSTEM |