Product Name: Hawthorn Extract

Latin Name: Crataegus Pinnatifida Bge

Specification: 2% 10% Hyperosides (HPLC) 5:1 10:1

Parts Used: Berries, young stems, leaves, and flowers.

Common Use: Helps treat heart disease and related symptoms. Considered by herbalists to be the world's best cardiac tonic. Used for beginning heart disease, mild heart-muscle weakness, angina, and arrhythmia. Hawthorn promotes healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels by relaxing blood vessels, increasing metabolism in the heart muscle, and improving blood supply to the heart. Also used for sleeplessness, nervousness, poor digestion, and weight control.

Care: Perennial that tolerates most soil mixes. Full sun to partial shade. Hawthorn trees with their white rose-like flowers are considered one of the most beautiful spring flowering shrubs.