Medical science and herbalists agree: hawthorn berries are a "great heart food"

Hawthorn berries (Crataegus laevigata or Crataegus mongyna) have been treasured for centuries as a botanical treatment for heart disorders. The brownish, wrinkled false fruit of the hawthorn tree are full of antioxidants. Both modern scientific and traditional literature…

Medical applications of hawthorn

People have always been looking for remedies for the various problems they had. In almost all ancient cultures, herbal remedies have had an important role, either in a medical or in another sense. Throughout history, knowledge of medicinal plants and their applications, expanded with time, so that nowadays there is already a relatively large collection [...]