Info: Tincture of Organic Hawthorn in 50 ml or 100 ml Dropper Bottles
Hawthorn - a thorny shrub in the rose family - has been used in Herbal Medicine for a very long time to help maintain and/or support cardiovascular health in adults. Some studies have found it to be able to act as a tonic: to help relax the heart, lower the diastolic blood pressure in some (those with type II diabetes), and help produce a more regular heart beat.
Info: Tincture of Organic Hawthorn in 50 ml or 100 ml Dropper Bottles
Hawthorn - a thorny shrub in the rose family - has been used in Herbal Medicine for a very long time to help maintain and/or support cardiovascular health in adults. Some studies have found it to be able to act as a tonic: to help relax the heart, lower the diastolic blood pressure in some (those with type II diabetes), and help produce a more regular heart beat.
Product Notes:
A versatile plant, Hawthorn has been used as support for a variety of heart-related issues for millennia, including chest pain, irregular heartbeat, heart failure, and more recently (as these conditions came to be understood more), high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries.
Modern studies show it contains antioxidant flavonoids including OPCs (oligomeric procyanidins, which are also in grapes/red wine), which may be able to improve blood flow and help dilate blood vessels and protect them from damage; and proanthocyanidin, which also relaxes blood vessels, which can lower blood pressure.
Reportedly, hawthorn can be quite useful in easing the pain from angina and in facilitating exercise and recovery from heart attacks, by reducing symptoms brought on by exertion, such as palpitations, breathing problems, and fatigue.
Hawthorn is still widely used in Europe by those with the initial stages of heart failure, and a systematic review of studies on it as an adjunct to other treatments found it could reduce shortness of breath and fatigue, enhance the heart's ability to use oxygen, and improve the heart's maximum workload and ability to tolerate exercise.
A 2022 review of the scientific literature by Nawrot et al. concludes that the anthocyanins in hawthorn fruit have a real affinity for the heart muscle, and are able to actually strengthen the force of cardiac muscle contraction (inotropic effect +), both by directly stimulating of receptors and by improving the energy metabolism in the heart muscle, while also stabilizing its rhythm. Similarly, some herbalists maintain that the berries are specifically indicated to support the structure of the heart muscle, while the leaves and flowers do more to support its function (regulating the heartbeat). Hence, it is worth noting that this formula also contains 165 mg of powder from the hawthorn berries in each capsule, in addition to the 300 mg of extract from the flowers and leaves.
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Ingredients:
Each ml contains: 250 mg Certified Organic Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata) fruit, leaves, flowers (1:4 extract).
Non-medicinal ingredients: 50% Certified Organic Cane Alcohol, distilled water.
Suggested Usage:
Adults: Take 1 to 2 ml, three times daily.
Warnings:
Do not use hawthorn herbal tincture if pregnant or breastfeeding. Consult a health care practitioner prior to using Prairie Doctor Hawthorn liquid if you are taking heart medications. Consult a health care practitioner if symptoms persist or worsen after use.
Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80010553.
Supporting Science:
Nawrot, Joanna et al. “Medicinal Herbs in the Relief of Neurological, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Symptoms after COVID-19 Infection: A Literature Review.” Cells, 2022.
Pittler, M H et al. “Hawthorn extract for treating chronic heart failure.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008.
Rastogi, Subha et al. “Traditional herbs: a remedy for cardiovascular disorders.” Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy and Phytopharmacology, 2016.
Wang, et al. "Effect of Crataegus Usage in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013.
Wu, Min et al. “Roles and Mechanisms of Hawthorn and Its Extracts on Atherosclerosis: A Review.” Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020.
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