Hawthorn fruit

When ATH:
C01EB04

Characteristic.

Боярышника плоды и цветки — лекарственное растительное сырье.

Harvested in full maturity phase and dried fruits or collected at the beginning of flowering and dried inflorescence of wild and cultivated shrubs or small trees of various species of hawthorn (Crataegus), семейства розоцветных — Rosaceae.

Hawthorn fruits contain hyperoside, coffee and chlorogenic acid, tannins, triterpenoid saponins (ursolic and oleanolic acid), fixed oil, Beta-sitosterol (the last two compounds in seeds), sorʙit, choline and acetylcholine.

Hawthorn flowers contain glycosides flavonolovye, giperozid, quercitrin, coffee and chlorogenic acid, mix, acetylcholine, trimethylamine, essential oil.

In medical practice used in tincture form, extract, tablets, containing extract, as well as an infusion, made from packaged for retail sale of medicinal raw materials.

Pharmacological action.
Cardiac.

Application.

Functional disorders of the cardiovascular system, incl. vascular dystonia, atrial fibrillation, paroxysmal tachycardia, arterial hypertension (in mild forms in the complex therapy).

Contraindications.

Hypersensitivity.

Side effects.

Bradycardia, gipotenziya (Chronic administration of high doses); allergic reactions (hives, itch).

Dosing and Administration.

Inside, before meals, following the doctor's recommendations and instructions for the use of drugs.

Tincture: средняя доза — по 20–30 капель 3–4 раза в сутки в течение 20–30 дней.

Infusion: по 15–30 мл 2–3 раза в сутки.