Hawthorn Berries


Common Name Hawthorn Berries,& Leaves  
Latin Name Crataegus
Folk Name Haw, May, Whitethorn
Medical Uses therapy: coronary artery disease; angina pectoris; myocardial hypoxemia; Cardiac insufficiency (NYHA Stage I and II), arrhythmias; senile degeneration of the heart and atherosclerosis; post-infectious weakening of myocardium (Weiss pp. 164-65); paroxysmal tachycardia; Buerger's disease, (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia), synergist to reduce dosage of cardiac glycoside herbs (or drugs).
• specific indications: hypertension with myocardial weakness, angina pectoris (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia).