Name:\u00a0 Hawthorn<\/p>\n
Latin:\u00a0 Cratageus oxacantha<\/p>\n
Other Common Names:\u00a0 Whitethorn, Ladies’ Meat, Quickthorn, Maytree, Mayblossom<\/p>\n
Family:\u00a0 Rosaceae<\/p>\n
Parts Used:\u00a0 Leaves, flowers, and fruit<\/p>\n
Vitamins\/Minerals:\u00a0 Antioxidants<\/p>\n
Used for:\u00a0 Due to the antioxidants found in this herb, the medicinal uses for it are fairly expansive.\u00a0 It is anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, supports the immune system and the liver.\u00a0 However, hawthorn’s particular strength is in what it does for the heart.\u00a0 It has both a strengthening and a regulatory action, making it useful for a wide variety of heart conditions:\u00a0 aging, weakened, damaged, angina, hypertension, arrhythmia, heart valve disease, arterial spasms, etc…\u00a0 It can also be used to regulate blood pressure, aiding with both high and low.\u00a0 It can help to prevent miscarriage.\u00a0 It can also lessen the chance of strokes.\u00a0 If used as a poultice, it has good drawing out properties.\u00a0 The broad range of benefits and the fact that there is no overdose of it for practical use, when combined with the tasty flavour, makes this one of my favorite ingredients for teas.\u00a0 Historically, hawthorn is an herb thought to increase longevity, and that is quite understandable, given the conditions it fights and the systems it supports.<\/p>\n
Use in tandem with:\u00a0 Oatstraw, Rose<\/p>\n
Directions & Warnings:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Name:\u00a0 Hawthorn Latin:\u00a0 Cratageus oxacantha Other Common Names:\u00a0 Whitethorn, Ladies’ Meat, Quickthorn, Maytree, Mayblossom Family:\u00a0 Rosaceae Parts Used:\u00a0 Leaves, flowers, and fruit Vitamins\/Minerals:\u00a0 Antioxidants Used for:\u00a0 Due to the antioxidants found in this herb, the medicinal uses for it are fairly expansive.\u00a0 It is anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, supports the immune system and the liver.\u00a0 However, hawthorn’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[340,109],"tags":[10,12,15,29,41,53,108,112,129,300,146,281,225],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editing","category-herbs","tag-anti-inflammatory","tag-antibacterial","tag-antioxidants","tag-blood-pressure","tag-cancer","tag-circulatory","tag-heart","tag-immune-system","tag-liver","tag-longevity","tag-miscarriage","tag-stroke","tag-weed"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1824"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2954,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions\/2954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}