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Folium Crataegi cum FloreLOT 24-0522
Wild-gathered
Batch
LOT 24-0522
Net
70 g
Unit price
€11.71 / 100 g
Origin
Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate
Sourcing
Wild-gathered
Plant part
Folium · Leaf
HarvestMay · Jun

Loose tea

Hawthorn Leaf & Flower

Crataegus monogyna Jacq.

Almond-ish, faintly fishy at the top, then quiet and dry.

€8.2070 g
€11.71 / 100 g
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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.

Preparation95 °C · 20 min

Preparation

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.

Package InsertFolium Crataegi cum Flore · Loose tea
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

  1. 01

    Measure

    One teaspoon of leaf-and-flower cut.

    1 tsp ≈ 1.5 g
  2. 02

    Pour

    Boiling water.

    150 ml · 95 °C
  3. 03

    Steep

    Twenty minutes. Procyanidins are slow to come out — this is not a herb to rush.

    20 min
  4. 04

    Continue

    Traditionally taken daily for at least six weeks.

Steep time

Live timer · 20 min · 95 °C

Ready

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.
From the same drawer

Kept beside it

Herbs shelved for Heart & Circulation, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.