Hawthorn is a valuable medicinal plant, the soft and tasty fruits of which, in their usefulness, are almost inferior to the dog rose. In addition, for medical purposes use bark, leaves and flowers of hawthorn, also rich in useful substances. Hawthorn is used in the form of broths, infusions, tinctures, extracts, and also eat fresh ripe fruits.
How to cook hawthorn tincture?
It is convenient to use alcoholic tincture from hawthorn fruit, and it is this form that finds application not only in folk, but also in scientific medicine. The tincture of hawthorn on alcohol can be purchased at the pharmacy, and also prepared independently at home.
The recipe for hawthorn tincture on vodka:
- 150 g of dried hawthorn fruit sorted, grind (grind in a coffee grinder or crush with a wooden crush).
- Place crushed hawthorn in glassware and fill with a liter of vodka.
- Cover with a lid and put in a dark cool place, shake daily.
- After 20 days, drain the tincture. The tincture is ready for use.
The product obtained is a yellowish-red transparent liquid with a sweetish taste, which is also recommended to store in a dark cool place for up to 4 years.
If you want to use fresh fruit for the preparation of tinctures, then you should fill them with vodka, not with vodka, and with medical alcohol (70%). In this case, a glass of mashed fruit is poured 200 g of alcohol, and further actions are similar to the above.
How to take tincture of hawthorn on vodka or alcohol?
For adults, this drug is recommended to take 20 to 30 drops before meals three times a day until the therapeutic effect is achieved. With prolonged use, a 30-day course of taking the infusion should be followed by a 10-day break.
At what diseases is the hawthorn tincture useful?
Hawthorn tincture is shown when:
- tachycardia;
- arterial hypertension;
- cardialgia;
- vegetative-vascular dystonia ;
- disorders of cerebral circulation;
- thyrotoxicosis;
- hyperactivity of the thyroid gland;
- climacteric syndrome and PMS;
- nervous exhaustion;
- insomnia .
Taking tincture of hawthorn, you can get rid of dizziness, rapid heartbeat, pain in the heart. This drug reduces high blood pressure and normalizes the balance of cholesterol in the blood. With cardiovascular diseases, the intake of hawthorn tincture contributes to a significant improvement in cardiac activity and coronary circulation. Hawthorn helps get rid of irritability, remove mental fatigue, increase efficiency, normalize sleep.
Hawthorn tincture - contraindications
Use hawthorn in any form should be moderate, according to the indications and observing the dosage. Overdose of tincture of hawthorn threatens with a sharp drop in blood pressure and a violation of the rhythm of heartbeats. Also, it can lead to drowsiness, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, abdominal pain (when taken on an empty stomach), allergic reactions (rash, redness on the skin, itching).
As for the interaction with other drugs, the tincture of hawthorn can not be taken together with antiarrhythmic drugs and glycosides of the cardiac group (because it enhances their action).
The tincture of hawthorn is contraindicated in such cases:
- the first trimester of pregnancy;
- hypersensitivity to the drug;
- children under 12 years.
During the reception of the hawthorn tincture, one should refrain from driving vehicles and working with potentially dangerous mechanisms.