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). |