Make Hawthorn Tincture from Haws One of the most common ways to take hawthorn as a medicine is as a tincture. Tinctures are concentrated plant medicines that use a menstruum, such as alcohol. You mix a small number of berries with the alcohol and let it draw the medicine out. With dos...
Preparation & Dosage Infusion - 1 Tablespoon per cup of water. Tincture - Add 60-120 drops to 2 oz. of water, 1-4 times per day. Hawthorn Recipes Click the image below for our tasty Hawthorn Recipes. Contraindications It is possible that hawthorn may interact with medications containing...
Health Benefits of Hawthorn for Chest Pain (Angina) In earlier clinical studies involving 60 patients with pronounced angina, a group was administered with 180 mg per day of Hawthorn berry and leaf extract while a control group was given a placebo. The group taking Hawthorn extract exhibited impr...
Hawthorn berry is high in a thickening agent called pectin. When making fresh plant tincture, it may become jelly-like. This is less likely to happen if the berry is dried. Pectin is an adventitious ingredient when making jelly and a simple recipe of ground hawthorn berry, ground rosehips a...
Hawthorn Berry Recipes Tea: add 4-5 g dried berries or 1-2 g dried flowers or leaves to one cup of boiling water and steep for 20 minutes. Tincture: place 500 g of fresh berries and 1 L vodka in a jar and blend together. Cover and store in a cool, dark place for 6 weeks, sha...