What is Hawthorn Berry?
Body System Affinity
Cardiovascular System/Circulation, Digestive System, Skin, Lipid Balance and Metabolism, Spiritual Heart and Emotional Body
Herbal Actions
Cardiovascular Tonic & Trophorestorative, Cholesterol Modulator, Blood Pressure Modulator, Antioxidant, Circulatory Tonic and Vasodilation (especially for the Coronary Arteries and Capillary Beds), Moves Food Stagnation, Nervine, Spiritual Heart Support, Grief Support, Astringent, Diuretic
Herbal Energetics
Cooling, Drying, Sour, Astringent, Mildly Sweet
Indicated in conditions of excess heat, tissue excitation, and atrophy
The Hawthorn Tree has been beloved in many parts of the world with variety in species, including Arabic systems of medicine like Unani Tibb, North African medicine traditions, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indigenous medicine of the Americas (especially along the Northwest Coast), and across the European continent. Hawthorn has long been revered for their Cardiovascular benefits, ranging from support to the muscles of the heart, modulating blood pressure, normalizing heart rhythms, balancing LDL/HDL cholesterol, benefiting circulation, and strengthening capillary function--which are responsible for transporting nutrients, blood, and oxygen to tissues throughout the body.
On a magical level, the Hawthorn Tree has long been known as a tree of the Fae folk and a threshold to the “Otherworld,” making it extremely inauspicious to bring harm to this tree, or treat them without reverence.
Why we love this herb:
We love Hawthorn for their ability to bring people back into their heart spaces (a characteristic of many Rose family plants), expanding one’s capacity to feel into grief and the complexity of the emotional spectrum. This tree medicine has also been shown to be an ally in conditions of over-excitation/overstimulation states--of physical tissues but also energetically. This means they can benefit those who feel restless, anxious, scattered, or have difficulty focusing. I have seen Hawthorn support people profoundly in the process of forgiveness, as well.
Balanced Root Formulas Featuring Hawthorn: Blood Pressure Support, Leo Astrology Tea, and available in bulk in store.
