Hawthorn

Plant name: Crataegus monogyna

Family: Rosaceae

Popular names: cacadara, Hawthorn, gherghinar, soft corn, maize cuckoo, unsalted corn, luscious, brambles.

Ecology and spread:
Hawthorn is a thorny shrub which sometimes reaches a height of several feet. He leaves to 7 cm long, petiole, arranged alternate, deeply divided into 3-7 lobes with toothed edges. At the leaf is called stipele some small leaf. The leaves are hot to the touch, glossy on the upper face, dull and covered with tufts of hairs at the intersection of ribs on the bottom. The flowers are small with a diameter of approx. 15 mm, arranged several together in bunches, each flower was placed on coitus 3-4 cm long, sometimes covered with bristles rare. Sepals, five in number, have a triangular shape. The petals are 5-6 mm longer than the sepals, rounded at the top. They are white or pink and white. Both sepals and petals are placed on a hairy receptacle shaped pitcher, which becomes fleshy at maturity, turning into fruit. The fruit is red, 7-10 mm long, oval shaped, sometimes globose, showing the upper calyx remnants. The interior contains a single seed or 2-3 seeds.

Chemical composition
is used leaves (Folium Crataegi), flowers (Flores crataegi) with nearby leaves (Folium Crataegi as floribus), fruits (Fructus Crataegi), flavone and proantocianide nature substances, choline, acetyl choline, trimetilena, crataegic acid, chlorogenic acid , Coffee acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, adenine, guanine, purine derivatives, triterpene acids, hiperozidul, amines, trimethylamine, amilamina, volatile oil containing aldehyde nature anistica catechesis, pectin, minerals, etc.. Vitamins: B1, C fruits contain flavonoids, tannins, tartaric acid, ursolic, citric acid, nicotinic, chlorogenic, choline, acetyl choline, pectin, fatty oil, glucose, fructose, minerals.

Vegetation period:
In early September, the fruit begins to ripen. Hawthorn blooms in April-May. Increases in the woods and bushes, glades region isolated by the plain until highlands.

paducel11 PaducelulPerioada collection:
Be collected from hawthorn flowers and fruits. The flowers are harvested when they begin to open, which corresponds to April. They are collected only during dry weather, after the dew has lifted, possibly in sunny days. Fruits are collected in autumn when they turn red when.

Diseases which are recommended:
oro-pharyngeal diseases, various diseases of the heart and circulatory, neurological diseases, nervous agitation, dizziness, angina pectoris, anxiety, fatigue, atherosclerosis, corns, ischemic heart disease, poor peripheral circulation, climax, convalescence, cardiac rhythm disturbances, dyspnea, dysentery pain, heart, capillary fragility, hypertension, hyperthyroidism, insomnia, irritability, leucorrhoea, gallstones and urinary, cardiac neurosis, palpitations, nervousness, tachycardia, fluctuating blood disorders, cardiac substrate nervous disorders, menopause, varicose veins, noise ears.

paducel2 PaducelulCalitati and curative medical action:
tonicardice, hypotensive, antispasmodic and sedative hypnotics indicated in extra Sisto and sinus tachycardia, antispasmodic, tonic of the heart, strengthens the heart muscle, liticevegetative effects, febrifuge (flowers), astringent and detergent of calculus (fruit), cardiodilatator, calming the nervous system, lowers blood pressure and regulate, fix heart disorders (in combination with lemon balm). It is a psychological balance. Regulates heartbeat. Cure many diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Vasodilator in the coronary vessels, hardening and thinning hypotensive contractions of the heart sick. Leaves with flowers in the tea component: the breathing and calming against heart disorders, and fruits in soothing tea.

Notes:
Before use, please consult your family doctor.

Preparation:
In all cases the leaves and flowers can be replaced with a double quantity of fruit.

- Domestic -
- Tea -
- A teaspoon of the flowers will be put in 250 ml boiling water. It will then cover will then leave for 10 minutes. Strain the tea and drink 2-3 a day.
- 2 teaspoons minced plant will be used for more serious diseases or external. Place in 250 ml boiling water. It will fly for 10 minutes then it will slip. It can also eat it 2-3 in the tea a day, even in long-term cures.

- Tincture - will provide 50 grams of plant food crushed in 250 ml of 70 °. Will you then for 15 days at room temperature stirring frequently. It will then squeeze bottle is smaller capacity.
It may take depending on the severity of disease between 10 drops and a teaspoon of tincture taken 3 times daily before meals diluted with water.

-Vin - will put in a liter of wine 100g chopped leaves and flowers. Stopper and leave for 8 days at room temperature stirring frequently. After 8 days will slip.
Then it can consume 50 ml three times daily before meals in the above mentioned diseases. It can also add 50 g of parsley root, peeled and race to those who have swelling of the causes of heart disease. Will you and in this case all eight days and administer the same.

Fruit-Fri - will make 2 pounds of crushed fruit 2 kg of sugar, 10 gallons of water and 30g of yeast. It will put everything into a glass demijohn. Put a cork through which passes a rubber hose, which has one end in a basin of water. It will allow for about 15 days (depending on temperature), then will pull the yeast and put in bottles of smaller capacity.
It will make this wine a 50 ml three times per day above mentioned diseases.

- External -
- The vinegar can put a few leaves and flowers. It will keep for 8 days, after which they can use to corns, warts, warts.

Traditionally: the flowers are cooked tea for insomnia, in heart and liver disease. Fruit decoction is taken for diarrhea and kidney disease.
Decoction of leaves or tips of branches are used for corns on the feet, making it washes and links to pieces. Some branches burned and the ashes washed did lye with corns. Bark was placed on fresh roots all the blisters.