Hawthorn is known to mankind long ago. With him are beautiful legends and beliefs, and its medicinal properties were used by ancient healers and sorcerers.
Recipes of potions from hawthorn they kept in great secret. In ancient Greece, the plant was associated with the deities of the family and marriage, in the Middle Ages it protected from evil spirits, and in Russia, Peter I ordered to grow hawthorn in pharmacy gardens.
- chemical composition
- Harvesting of flowers and fruits
- healing power
- Traditional recipes at home
- Tea Balm with hawthorn
- for the prevention and treatment of varicose
- veins Contraindications and some features
- Applications
first plant is used mainly, for the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery.
Later it was used to improve cardiac activity and vascular strengthening.
Cultivated varieties of plants were bred in the XVI century, in the modern world there are more than 1200 species.
In Russia, 15 of them are growing. They differ in the form of leaves, the presence of thorns, the shape and color of fruits and flowers. .. Folk names of hawthorn - boyars, ladies, glands.
In medicine, almost everything is used: roots, bark, flowers and hawthorn fruit.
Chemical composition of
The fruits of hawthorn contain flavonoids( strengthen the walls of blood vessels, neutralize free radicals), quercetin( antitumor and antioxidant effect), hyperoside( increases the use of oxygen).
Acids in colors and fruits have wound healing, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, and pectins excrete salts of heavy metals and toxic substances.
Carotene, vitamins C, E, K, provitamin A, improve well-being, and microelements( calcium, potassium, copper, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, cobalt, zinc, molybdenum, etc.) strengthen the cardiovascular system, help to relieve stress,increase immunity.
Since sugar in fruits has, basically, a kind of fructose, hawthorn can be consumed even with diabetes.
Harvesting flowers and fruits
The period of flowering hawthorn is short, 2-3 days in May-June, so you need to have time to collect fully opened flowers with part of the stem, certainly in dry weather, in the morning, when the dew dried.
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Humidity destroys flowers! - they are dried in a cool shade, spread out in a thin layer.
The bark is collected from young branches in the spring. The roots are excavated just before the beginning of winter, washed and dried.
The fruits are torn off in September-October, in dry weather, washed, peeled and dried at a temperature of up to 50C in the oven, periodically, mixing.
Store dry flowers and fruits in cloth or paper bags, as well as in wooden boxes, flowers one year, fruits and bark up to two years.
It is better to pack in small portions to reduce the effect of air - so useful properties do not "erode".
Mature fruits can be frozen, then they lose astringency, but become sweeter. Store them in trays with lids or bags.
The healing power of
Many medicines are made on the basis of hawthorn in the form of powders, tablets, vegetable raw materials( crushed flowers and fruits), infusions, extracts.
Of the most common is the tincture of hawthorn( lowers blood pressure),
cardiac drops, valemidine, phyto-lactax( with valerian root), which help with insomnia and relieve stress.
In ready-made preparations mainly flowers and berries are used.
Preparations from hawthorn , including teas and home-made tinctures, are used for a variety of diseases.
For the treatment of heart diseases
Hawthorn strengthens blood circulation, tones up the heart muscle and regulates the intake of oxygen.
For vessels
Drugs from hawthorn regulate the content of cholesterol in the blood, normalize blood clotting, reduce the permeability of the walls of capillaries and large vessels, increase the strength of the heart beat, which helps normalize blood pressure.
With nervous disorders
The general condition of the body is improved by the infusion of flowers and fruits. Increases the efficiency of mental work, improves memory, normalizes sleep.
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In the initial climacteric period, hawthorn reduces dizziness.
For problems with digestion
Hawthorn is used for gastritis, flatulence, as well as diarrhea as a fixative.
Teas and tinctures of hawthorn help:
- with edema,
- hyperthyroidism,
- epilepsy,
- allergies,
- obesity,
- dyspnea,
- rheumatism,
- liver and pancreatic diseases( herbal treatment),
- stimulate milk production in nursing mothers,
- prevent prostate adenoma and prostatitis,
- block the formation of tumors,
- help fast recovery after the disease,
- increase immunity.
Folk recipes at home
Fruit tea
Fresh fruits:
- 20-30 berries pour over 1 liter of boiling water overnight in a thermos bottle.
It is better to brew whole berries. You can add a dogrose. Drink in the morning like tea.
Of dried fruits :
- a couple of handfuls of berries pour over 1 liter of boiling water overnight in a thermos.
If before grinding the fruits to grind( 1 p.s. for a glass of boiling water), the tea will be ready in half an hour.
Take an hour before meals 3-4 times a day for 1/3 cup with arrhythmia, angina, with nervous excitement.
Tea-balm with hawthorn
Mix 100 g of black tea, 2 tbsp.crushed rose hips, 1 tsp.crushed berries hawthorn, 1 tbsp.pustyrnik, 1 st.l.peppermint, 1 tea.flowers chamomile, 1ch. L valerian. Brew and drink like regular tea.
General restorative tonic.
To strengthen the vessels
The flowers of hawthorn and motherwort, peppermint and hop cones( in a ratio of 2: 2: 1: 1) pour boiling water( 1 tablespoon mixture into a glass of boiling water), insist half an hour, strain.
Drink small portions throughout the day. Hops pacify, mint expands and strengthens blood vessels.
For the prevention and treatment of varicose veins
The flowers of hawthorn, St. John's wort, oregano( about useful properties for women are written here) and motherwort( in the ratio 3: 3: 4: 4) pour boiling water in a thermos at the rate of 1 tbsp.mixture on a glass of water. Leave it overnight. Drink half a glass an hour before eating.
Infusion
It differs from tea in that it is prepared in a water bath:
- fruits or flowers are poured with boiling water,
- is put in a pot of boiling water and kept on low heat for 15 minutes without bringing it to the boil itself;
- filter and add boiled water to the original volume.
You can make infusion in a thermos:
- then in 2-3 hours you need to strain it from the fruit.
Use the same way as tea, but not necessarily hot.
As a sedative
To make a collection:
- hawthorn fruit,
- motherwort,
- valerian,
- fennel fruits.
All mix in the ratio 1: 1: 2: 2.
One p.w.collection of soothing herbs to warm 15 minutes in a water bath, cool, drain.
Drink 2 hours after eating 1/3 cup.
Infusion from angina
At night, 1 tbsp.fruits of hawthorn brew in a thermos glass of boiling water, in the morning strain.
Drink an hour before eating 1 glass each.
From heartburn
Infusion of peppermint and hawthorn flowers( per cup of boiling water for 1 tsp) will help.
Broth differs from the present in that the crushed berries are filled not with boiling water, but with water at room temperature.
Then it is heated in a water bath for 20-30 minutes, after which, in a hot form, it is filtered.
Infusions and decoctions can be stored in a dark cool place all day or two.
Special recipes
Broth of hawthorn bark drink at shortness of breath, temperature, dizziness, menopause, diarrhea.
Decoction of leaves improves the work of the heart.
Broth from the roots of hawthorn: cook for 10 minutes, cool and strain.
Older people take 1 tbsp each.three times a day with heart failure.
Juice from hawthorn
Fresh or defrosted fruit( 1 cup), wash, chop, heat to + 30C, adding a little water.
Spoon out with a gauze. Take 1 tbsp.one hour before meals.
The remaining berries can be used for tea or infusion.
Juice improves the digestive system, as well as blood circulation. Freshly prepared juice( 1 tsp) will help relieve pain in the heart.
Tinctures
Made from crushed fruits and flowers with the addition of alcohol or vodka.
A mixture of fruits and flowers, pour 70% alcohol or vodka in a volume ratio of 1: 5 or 1:10( another recipe - for 25 g of fruit 100 g of alcohol) and infuse for 7-10 days in the dark and warmly closed, often mixing.
Strain and wring out. Take 25-30 drops an hour before meals with hypertension, angina pectoris.
Contraindications and some features of
People with heart and kidney disease are strongly advised to consult a doctor before using home medications from hawthorn.
It is contraindicated in case of allergy or individual intolerance.
Do not abuse the amount - it can cause easy poisoning.
If the consumption of hawthorn before eating causes bowel spasm or vomiting, it is better to take infusions and teas two hours after eating, reducing their concentration.
Hawthorn is not indicated for hypotension, as well as for bradycardia and increased blood coagulability.
Carefully apply the drug to pregnant and lactating women.
Areas of application
The berries of hawthorn in terms of the amount of vitamins and nutrients are not inferior to the dog rose, they are tasty, useful and grow everywhere.
However, it so happened that at home they limit themselves only by drying berries and flowers.
But from hawthorn you can make a lot of different drinks and seasonings: from juices, compotes and kissels to sweets, pastas, jams, mashed potatoes and seasonings for pies.
Another amazing application of fruits is the wine from the hawthorn, of which Avicenna already knew. It has a beneficial effect on men and women aged "for forty".
Look how the hawthorn looks ordinary, and at the same time learn the recipe for cooking tinctures at home.
