Welcome to a mini podcast series where we take a deep dive on an herb. We hope to better aquaint you with the day's herb while we cover everything from the mystic to the science, the habitat to constiuents. Amy takes you on a journey to know our first Materia Medica Monday plant, Hawthorn.
Hawthorn is known as heart food! Today we explore:
-Actions
-How to prepare it
-Where to find it
-The science behind why it's so useful
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Show Notes:
The Herb Girls Hawthorn Materia Medica (free)
Materia Medica Resources:
The Modern Herbal Dispensary - Thomas Easley
Winston & Kuhn's Herbal Therapy & Supplements - Merrily A. Khun & David Winston (Amy's favorite resource mentioned in the podcast)
The Herbal Academy: Herbarium (online subscription ~$6.50 a month)
Materia Medica Monthly: Sajah Popham - also subscription but very indepth
Studies:
Gildor A. (1998). Crataegus oxycantha and heart failure. Circulation. 98(19):2098.
Loew D. (1994). Pharmacological and clinical results with Crataegus special extracts in cardiac insufficiency. ESCOP Phytotelegram. 6:20-26
