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Hawthorn is a useful plant. In folk medicine, not only fruits are used, but also leaves, sepals, flowers. Hawthorn flowers, medicinal properties and contraindications of these funds have been known in folk medicine for a long time. The shrub grows on a large territory of Russia, it is an affordable remedy for the treatment of neuroses, insomnia, if properly collected, preserved, brewed.
Useful properties and contraindications of hawthorn flowers
The hawthorn flowers contain flavonoids and polyphenols. These substances determine the beneficial properties, the healing effect that infusions of flowers have on the human body:
- have anti-cancer effects;
- reduce pressure;
- saturate cells with oxygen, activate the brain;
- reduce the risk of cataracts;
- normalize the functioning of the liver, kidneys;
- have choleretic properties;
- have a low calorie content, do not add excess weight;
- destroy "bad" cholesterol.
In hawthorn blood-red flowers have medicinal properties, contain iron, magnesium, potassium, and other useful trace elements.
The infusion of flowers has a number of contraindications that should be considered before taking teas:
- during pregnancy, it can be taken only after consulting a doctor;
- chronic hypotension (you can faint from too low pressure);
- should not be taken on an empty stomach, as side effects may occur.
Experts do not recommend taking the herb while breastfeeding. The plant does not contain toxic substances, but babies may experience digestive problems.
Hawthorn flower treatment
The healing effect of flowers, leaves, fruits of hawthorn has been known for a long time. The plant has a wound healing and anti-inflammatory effect. If you regularly drink tea or an infusion of these flowers with a cold, then the recovery is much faster, the temperature drops, the disease recedes.
The caffeic acid in the plant is a natural antibiotic. The tool helps to normalize sleep, reduces the excitability of the nervous system, strengthens the heart, relieves blood vessels, and adds vitality.
It is a means to reduce pressure. Hypertensive patients should drink this tea regularly.
How to brew hawthorn flowers
For proper brewing, you need to take dried flowers that are harvested in season and dried in a natural way. The boiling water used for brewing should not only come from the fire. The optimum temperature is 70–80 ° C. It is better to use porcelain or enamelware for brewing. This way all useful properties are preserved. It is not recommended to use plastic and aluminum cookware.
The best option for brewing is a thermos. Many housewives use additional ingredients to enhance the healing properties.
Infusion of hawthorn flowers
Hawthorn flowers have a variety of uses. The infusion is an effective, popular remedy for heart and neurotic ailments. There are several recipes for infusion.
- Water recipe. Take a glass of boiling water on a spoonful of dried raw materials. Put the container in a water bath, simmer for 15 minutes.Cool, strain, divide into 3 parts, drink during the day. The recipe will help to cope with insomnia, lower blood pressure, relieve neurosis, and settle arrhythmia.
- Tincture for alcohol. Take a liter of vodka, 150 g of fresh raw materials. Pour vodka over the flowers, put in a dark, cool place for 2 weeks. Strain, drink 20 drops 3 times a day. Dilute the drops in half a glass of water. Take strictly after meals. It will help with atherosclerosis, neuroses, high blood pressure. The course of treatment is no more than a month, after which a break is required.
- Brewed 30 g of dried inflorescences. It is necessary to take 1 measuring cup of boiling water per 30 grams of raw material, insist for 50 minutes. Take 20 ml.
Infusion of flowers and hawthorn berries
Hawthorn flowers and their medicinal properties complement the use of the plant's berries. Useful properties for the body from regular use of the infusion:
- relieves headaches, rheumatic pains;
- normalizes the thyroid gland;
- normalizes blood glucose levels;
- reduces pressure;
- eliminates the effects of radiation;
- relieves attacks of dizziness due to the supply of oxygen to the brain.
There are several prescription medications:
- 1 large spoonful of flowers, 2 tablespoons of hawthorn berries, pour a glass of vodka. Insist a week, drain, squeeze. Take 30 drops for atherosclerosis 3 times a day, before meals.
- In 1 liter of boiling water, brew in equal proportions flowers, hawthorn berries, dried cress, rose hips, motherwort herb. Insist for 2 hours in a dark place. Strain and take half a glass three times a day. Helps hypertensive patients.
- Flower tea. 2 teaspoons of raw materials pour 250 ml of boiling water, brew for 20 minutes. Drink like tea with added honey. Useful for colds during the height of the cold season.
If there is an individual intolerance, then you should not brew, take preparations from hawthorn or fruits. In the presence of chronic pathologies, it is better to consult a doctor.
How to drink hawthorn flowers
The use of water infusion as a traditional medicine is allowed from the age of 12. If an alcoholic tincture - a specialist consultation is required. Infusions are contraindicated for persons prone to alcohol dependence.
Specialists in traditional medicine do not recommend using hawthorn flowers if there is work to be done that requires attention and concentration. The flowers of the plant can cause drowsiness, absent-mindedness.
We recommend that you take the medicine only after meals. There will be no exacerbation of gastritis, ulcers and gastric pathologies.
Medicinal properties and contraindications of hawthorn leaves
Along with flowers, hawthorn leaves are used in folk medicine. The leaves have medicinal properties due to useful, valuable microelements in the composition. It is important to correctly collect the leaves, away from roads, enterprises, so that they do not absorb a mixture of heavy metals hazardous to health.
Leaves are recommended to be picked from mid-May to early July. During this period, they have the most complete medicinal composition.
Hawthorn leaves in terms of useful properties and contraindications completely coincide with the flowers and fruits of the plant. Help with neuroses, atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, coronary heart disease.
Contraindications for use are the same: breastfeeding, low blood pressure, work requiring attention, pregnancy, individual intolerance.
The use of hawthorn leaves in traditional medicine
In folk medicine, hawthorn leaves are used for:
- diabetes mellitus;
- atherosclerosis;
- hypertension;
- diseases of the nervous system.
For a healing effect, it is important to collect and prepare them correctly. Then the health benefits of hawthorn leaves will be maximized.
Infusion of hawthorn leaves
The most popular recipes for infusion, in which not only hawthorn leaves are used, but also berries with flowers. For example, with diabetes mellitus, the following recipe is popular:
Take a large spoonful of flowers, 2 tablespoons of hawthorn leaves.Pour half a liter of boiling water over and simmer for 7 minutes. Insist for several hours, take 6 teaspoons on an empty stomach. Normalizes blood sugar levels, relieves false appetite. There are contraindications for diabetics, so it is important to consult your doctor first.
For insomnia, neuroses, a decoction is used, prepared from equal portions of hawthorn flowers and leaves. The mixture is boiled in water for a couple of minutes. Drink as a simple tea with lemon, natural honey. Excellent prevention of cardiovascular diseases, especially in the elderly. Leaves and flowers remove harmful cholesterol from the body, destroy cholesterol plaques, and prevent the narrowing of large vessels.
Leaves insist on vodka less often, such infusions are taken as a sedative along with drops of valerian. It will help with insomnia, relieve anxiety, and put the nerves in order. You cannot drive after such drops.
Limitations and contraindications for admission
The hawthorn flowers in the photo are very beautiful. But in folk medicine there are restrictions on the use of the plant in the form of infusions, folk medicines. These are low blood pressure, bradycardia, pressure surges. It is not recommended to take infusions, decoctions of berries for patients with slow heartbeat, pulmonary edema. Varicose veins are another categorical contraindication for the use of infusions of leaves, bush fruits as a means of traditional medicine.
Leaves, flowers, bush fruits thicken the blood - in case of thrombophlebitis, consult a doctor.
Hawthorn leaves have useful properties, but only young raw materials, bright green in color, need to be collected. The healing indications of young leaves in folk medicine allow the use of raw materials, harvesting them for future use. The healing properties of dried raw materials are shown in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, nervous disorders, hypertension, liver problems, and constant anxiety. Neuropathologists recommend infusions as an effective sedative.
An overdose of medicinal tincture harms the nervous system, leads to drowsiness and leads to dizziness.
Conclusion
Hawthorn flowers, the medicinal properties and contraindications of which have been known for a long time, are not without reason considered a popular remedy in folk medicine. They are able to become a lifesaver for chronic hypertensive patients, elderly people with diabetes mellitus. In this case, it is important to correctly collect, prepare healing infusions in accordance with proven recipes of traditional medicine. There are contraindications, so it doesn't hurt to consult a doctor. Herbal treatment is contraindicated for allergy sufferers, pregnant and lactating women, leaves, bush fruits harm hypotensive patients.
