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

American Botanical Council

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

Tassell MC, Kingston R, Gilroy D, Lehane M, Furey A. Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Pharmacogn Rev. 2010 Jan;4(7):32-41.

Zapfe jun G. Clinical efficacy of crataegus extract WS 1442 in congestive heart failure NYHA class II. Phytomedicine. 2001 Jul;8(4):262-6.