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Scientific Name: Crataegus oxyacantha
AKA: Mayblossom, Mayflower
Medicinal Properties
Modern research has proven hawthorn to be more valuable as an herb to treat cardiovascular problems
and promote a healthy heart. It causes more blood flow to reach the muscles of the heart. Hawthorn can
also help to reduce the incidence of angina, which is a spasm of the blood vessels.
Hawthorn can also be used to improve the smooth muscle walls of the rest of the circulatory system as
well. Blood pressure can also be improved by using hawthorn. Whether you suffer from high or low
blood pressure, hawthorn can help your body regulate blood pressure and return it to normal.
Hawthorn is primarily used to improve cardiovascular health. Hawthorn can help to raise low blood
pressure and lower high blood pressure. Hawthorn can be used to prevent and treat angina. Hawthorn
can be used to help restore a regular heartbeat. For this purpose, it takes time to see results.
Magickal Properties
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Deities: Cardea, Flora, Hymen
Used for Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magick & Happiness
Hawthorn has long been used to increase fertility. Because of this power, it is incorporated into
weddings, especially those performed in the spring. The leaves, curiously enough are also used to
enforce or maintain chastity or celibacy. They are placed beneath the mattress or around the bedroom
for this purpose.
Carried in a sachet on a fishing trip, Hawthorn ensures a good catch, and worn or carried it promotes
happiness in the trouble, depressed or sad.
Hawthorn protects against lightning, and in the house in which it resides, not evil ghosts may enter. It is
also powerful for protecting against damage to the house from storms. The Romans placed Hawthorn in
cradles to guard the child from evil spells.
In the past, most Witch’s gardens contained at least one Hawthorn hedge. It is sacred to the fairies, and
is part of the tree fairy triad of Britain: “Oak, Ash and Thorn,” and where all three trees grow together it
is said that one may see fairies.
Did You Know? (Background)
Since the time of the Middle Ages, hawthorn has been taken as a powerful medicinal herb. While it was
once used as a tonic to promote overall health, it is now used for more specific purposes. Hawthorn was
once used to treat kidney stones as well as bladder stones. It was also used as a diuretic.
Safety
You should not take hawthorn unless you are being supervised by a health care provider
AKA: Mayblossom, Mayflower
Medicinal Properties
Modern research has proven hawthorn to be more valuable as an herb to treat cardiovascular problems
and promote a healthy heart. It causes more blood flow to reach the muscles of the heart. Hawthorn can
also help to reduce the incidence of angina, which is a spasm of the blood vessels.
Hawthorn can also be used to improve the smooth muscle walls of the rest of the circulatory system as
well. Blood pressure can also be improved by using hawthorn. Whether you suffer from high or low
blood pressure, hawthorn can help your body regulate blood pressure and return it to normal.
Hawthorn is primarily used to improve cardiovascular health. Hawthorn can help to raise low blood
pressure and lower high blood pressure. Hawthorn can be used to prevent and treat angina. Hawthorn
can be used to help restore a regular heartbeat. For this purpose, it takes time to see results.
Magickal Properties
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Deities: Cardea, Flora, Hymen
Used for Fertility, Chastity, Fishing Magick & Happiness
Hawthorn has long been used to increase fertility. Because of this power, it is incorporated into
weddings, especially those performed in the spring. The leaves, curiously enough are also used to
enforce or maintain chastity or celibacy. They are placed beneath the mattress or around the bedroom
for this purpose.
Carried in a sachet on a fishing trip, Hawthorn ensures a good catch, and worn or carried it promotes
happiness in the trouble, depressed or sad.
Hawthorn protects against lightning, and in the house in which it resides, not evil ghosts may enter. It is
also powerful for protecting against damage to the house from storms. The Romans placed Hawthorn in
cradles to guard the child from evil spells.
In the past, most Witch’s gardens contained at least one Hawthorn hedge. It is sacred to the fairies, and
is part of the tree fairy triad of Britain: “Oak, Ash and Thorn,” and where all three trees grow together it
is said that one may see fairies.
Did You Know? (Background)
Since the time of the Middle Ages, hawthorn has been taken as a powerful medicinal herb. While it was
once used as a tonic to promote overall health, it is now used for more specific purposes. Hawthorn was
once used to treat kidney stones as well as bladder stones. It was also used as a diuretic.
Safety
You should not take hawthorn unless you are being supervised by a health care provider
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