- Batch
- LOT 24-0522
- Net
- 70 g
- Unit price
- €11.71 / 100 g
- Origin
- Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Sourcing
- Wild-gathered
- Plant part
- Folium · Leaf
Loose tea
Hawthorn Leaf & Flower
Crataegus monogyna Jacq.
Almond-ish, faintly fishy at the top, then quiet and dry.
In stock 26
Leaf and flower cut together from old hedgerow, in the fortnight when the blossom is fully open but has not yet browned. This is a slow herb: it is taken as a course of weeks, not for an afternoon.
Traditional use
Traditionally taken as a long, steady course to support the heart and circulation in later life.
Constituents
- 01Oligomeric procyanidins
- 02Vitexin
- 03Hyperoside
Drawer
Heart & Circulation — Slow herbs, taken as a course rather than a dose.
The preparation is half the drug
This drug wants 95 °C and 20 min. Water hotter or a cup left standing gives you a different drink, made from the same herb.
The leaflet below is the one that goes in the box. Unfold it for the steps and the timer; the cautions stay in view either way.
- Dose
- 1 tsp (≈ 1.5 g)
- Frequency
- 2–3× daily
- Water
- 95 °C
- Steep
- 20 min
Steps
As printed on the box · 4 in sequence
- 011 tsp ≈ 1.5 g
Measure
One teaspoon of leaf-and-flower cut.
- 02150 ml · 95 °C
Pour
Boiling water.
- 0320 min
Steep
Twenty minutes. Procyanidins are slow to come out — this is not a herb to rush.
- 04
Continue
Traditionally taken daily for at least six weeks.
Steep time
Live timer · 20 min · 95 °C
20:00
Cautions
Read before use
- Speak to a doctor before use if you are being treated for a heart condition or take cardiac medication.
- Seek medical advice for chest pain, breathlessness or swelling of the legs.
Kept beside it
Herbs shelved for Heart & Circulation, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.