Hawthorn tincture: instructions, use and preparation methods

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

Herbal preparation. Crataegus plant includes organic acids (caffeic, oleanic, citric, crategusic, ursolic, chlorogenic), flavonoids (hyperoside, hyperin, quercetin, vitexin), carotenoids, fatty oils, tannins, triterpene glycosides, flavone glycosides, sugars, pectins, choline , beta-sitosterol and vitamins .

The active components of the drug reduce the excitability of the nervous system and myocardium, enhance the contractility of the latter, stimulate coronary and cerebral blood flow, and eliminate dizziness . Tincture of Crataegus flowers helps normalize heart rhythm, which is caused by a mechanism of action similar to that of class 3 antiarrhythmics.

Due to the presence of flavonoids and triterpene compounds, the drug has an antispasmodic effect, selectively relaxing the blood vessels of the brain and heart; hypotensive effect; helps regulate venous pressure, increases the reaction of vascular walls.

Research has revealed that hawthorn herbal preparations alcohol tincture and triterpene glycosides have a strong anti-atherosclerotic effect.

Tinctures of Peony, Hawthorn, Motherwort , Valerian have a similar effect.

Instructions for use of the drug

The main components of the tincture: the alcohol part and extracts of plant materials in the form of berries, dried herbs, leaves or stems. The most popular are formulations with chestnut, ginseng or rosehip. Advantages of the product:

• availability;
• ease of use.

Patients' adherence to herbal medicines is explained by their opinion about safety, in comparison with traditional pharmacological medicines. However, the use of hawthorn tincture requires special instructions.

It is preferable to use medicine from an official manufacturer, purchased at a pharmacy. When preparing the infusion yourself, you must follow the instructions and storage rules.

In what cases is it used and what are the indications?

The main indications for taking the tincture: functional disorders of the cardiovascular and autonomic nervous system.

In combination with medications, hawthorn drops are prescribed for the following pathologies:

• neurocirculatory (vegetative-vascular) dystonia;
• pronounced astheno-neurotic syndrome;
• depressive disorder with hypotension, sleep disturbance, insomnia;
• dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system;
• disturbances of heart rhythms (paroxysmal tachycardia);
• cardialgia in women during menopause (menopause);
• attacks of migraine, dizziness and weakness;
• chronic fatigue syndrome combined with frequent heart pain and general poor health.

Mechanism of action and beneficial properties

The alcoholic infusion of hawthorn has a complex effect on the body, normalizing the psycho-emotional state and strengthening the cardiovascular system. Useful properties of the medicine:

• improvement of blood circulation in the arteries and veins of the brain, heart and great vessels;
• increasing the sensitivity of the heart muscle to glycosides, which is effective in the treatment of pathological arrhythmia;
• decreased excitability, increased contractility, due to which the heart rhythm is normalized;
• elimination of vascular spasm, which improves cardiac and cerebral circulation;
• moderate reduction in pain (effective for cardialgia - pain behind the sternum);
• strengthening the protective properties of the nervous system, reducing irritability, increasing stress resistance;
• helps eliminate dizziness, headaches, migraines.

Due to the alcohol composition, the effect after administration occurs quickly - within 15-30 minutes. The tincture is well absorbed and does not cause side effects if the instructions are followed.

Rules for preparing and storing tincture

Method for obtaining tincture:

1. Prepare herbal ingredients: ripe dried fruits and hawthorn leaves. It is better to collect food in the summer: flowering in July, berries in August. Raw materials should be stored in tightly sealed bags made of thick paper or fabric to avoid insects or rotting.
2. Take alcohol 70 degrees or alcohol 40% concentration (vodka), glassware. It is not recommended to use other drinks (cognac or liqueur).
3. Mix in a concentration of 30 grams of pure dry raw materials to 100 milliliters of liquid. There are recipes that combine dried hawthorn in a ratio of 1 to 10 (alcohol).
4. The resulting solution is infused in a dark, cold, dry place for 10 - 15 days.
5. After straining, the resulting liqueur is poured into bottles and stored in the refrigerator. You can add honey to improve the taste.
6. The drink should be consumed in the amount of 15–25 drops per glass of water, 2–3 times a day. The course lasts up to 2-3 weeks, depending on the disorder and severity of symptoms.

In practice, an aqueous analogue of the infusion is often used. The difference between these drops is their shorter shelf life. They use dry berries and flowers purchased at the pharmacy and independently prepared.

Water infusion recipe:

1. In the morning, pour boiling water over 1 tablespoon of dry ingredients with a glass of water and leave for 20 minutes.
2. Strain and cool to room temperature.
3. Store strictly in the refrigerator throughout the day.
4. Take 20–40 milliliters before meals. For no more than 10 – 15 days.
5. After a break (7-10 days), repeat.

How to take the medicine?

According to the instructions for the tincture, hawthorn drops are taken:

1. Before meals, add the infusion to half a glass of water.
2. Adults take 20-25 drops three times a day.
3. Contraindicated for children under twelve years of age.
4. After 12 years, the dosage is taken into account according to age, a drop of tincture for one year of life.
5. The initial dose is 10 – 12 drops up to three times a day.

The duration of the course is determined by the doctor. In complex therapy, it is recommended to take hawthorn for up to 2–4 weeks.

Side effects

The main adverse reactions when taking hawthorn tincture are associated with individual intolerance to the drug or errors in preparation technology or violations in dosage calculations.

Characteristic manifestations:

• allergic reactions, redness and itching of the skin, the appearance of a rash on the body or face;
• general weakness, hypotension (low blood pressure), dizziness;
• decreased potency;
• drowsiness after a night's rest;
• slow heartbeat (bradycardia), chest discomfort;
• pain in the upper or middle abdomen, stomach or intestines;
• unpleasant bitter taste in the mouth;
• nausea, vomiting, belching.

If these side effects occur, you should stop taking the drops and consult a doctor immediately. Self-treatment is accompanied by the risk of undesirable consequences. Before using the tincture, you should consult a specialist.

Analogs

Level 4 ATC code matches: Vasonate
Phosphaden

Hawthorn fruit

Preductal

Meldonium

Angiosil Retard

Ranexa

Lily of the valley tincture

Neocardil

Rimecore

Triductane

ATF-Long

Triductan MV

Trimectal MV

Trimectal

Neoton

Predisin

Trimetazidine

Tivortin Aspartate

Metamax

Hawthorn (tablets) , Doppelherz Active Cardiovital, Cardioplant, Plantiscardio, Hawthorn Forte Evalar.

conclusions

Hawthorn tincture is an auxiliary medicine used for the treatment and prevention of disorders of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. The herbal preparation has a general strengthening and tonic effect, improves blood circulation, general and psycho-emotional state. The therapeutic effect is observed when taken as a course. The remedy cannot be used as self-treatment for any already diagnosed pathology - use it only if it has been recommended to you by a doctor. Neglecting to take the necessary protocol medications will significantly worsen the condition, as will replacing them with tinctures.

Price of Hawthorn Tincture, where to buy

The price of Hawthorn Tincture 25 ml is approximately 14 rubles in Russia, and 3.5 hryvnia in Ukraine.

• Online pharmacies in RussiaRussia
• Online pharmacies in UkraineUkraine

ZdravCity

• Hawthorn tincture 25mlHippocrates LLC
  20 RUR order
• Hawthorn tincture 25ml Flora CaucasusFlora Caucasus OJSC

  17 RUR order

• Hawthorn tincture fl. 25ml No. 1Kirovskaya f.f.

  89 rub. order

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• Hawthorn tincture (flask 25ml) Hippocrates

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• Hawthorn tincture (flask 25ml) MFF

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• Hawthorn tincture (flask 25ml)Flora of the Caucasus

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• Hawthorn tincture (flask 25ml) Kirovskaya FF

  73 rub. order

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• Hawthorn tincture 100 ml PAT "Khimpharmzavod" Chervona Zirka", Kharkov, Ukraine
  9 UAH. order
• Hawthorn tincture 100 ml PrAT FF "Viola", Ukraine

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• Hawthorn tincture 100 ml TOV DKP Pharm.Fabrika, Ukraine

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special instructions

The list of diseases for which taking hawthorn drops is contraindicated:

1. Patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, peptic ulcer, enteritis), liver, gall bladder. The alcohol infusion irritates the mucous membrane and intensifies the inflammatory process.
2. Women planning or already during pregnancy, as well as those who are breastfeeding. 40% ethyl alcohol and any alcohol in the composition disrupt the process of fetal ripening and easily penetrate into milk.
3. Alcohol-containing products are contraindicated for transport drivers and persons whose work requires a quick reaction. Taking drops causes drowsiness, weakness, and decreased concentration.
4. After traumatic brain injury, stroke.

The benefits of the herbal remedy that are written about:

• natural composition;
• vitamins A, C, E and B, fatty acids and microelements;
• quick onset of action and effectiveness when taken regularly;
• general strengthening, tonic effect on the cardiovascular and autonomic nervous system;
• with a combination of alcohol drops and beta-blocker tablets - an effective reduction in blood pressure (for hypertension), at a high risk of hypotension.

The tincture can be harmful to health if it is used incorrectly from pharmaceutical products, or if it is prepared at home in violation of the recipe. Do not exceed the dosages indicated in the instructions or extend the course. If the condition worsens or one of the side effects develops, you should contact a physician, cardiologist or neurologist.

Use the drug for benefit, not harm

The most healing remedy will become poison if consumed in excessive quantities. It should be remembered that hawthorn tincture, like other alcoholic pharmaceutical preparations, is not an alcoholic drink, but a medicine. If you want to celebrate a holiday, don’t buy a bottle of herbal elixir for pennies, but go to the grocery store and spend money on a bottle of good wine.

Do not purchase the drug from dubious offers from unknown companies. A few drops will most likely not poison you to death, but low-quality alcohol will certainly harm your health. When purchasing at a pharmacy, make sure that the packaging contains all the manufacturer’s data and the inscription that the product is intended for internal use. If the medicine is intended for external use only, you should not drink it. Remember that a company that values ​​its reputation will definitely attach instructions to any product. If the seller offers you a bottle without a box and annotation, it is better to go to another pharmacy.

There are different recommendations for using the drug. Some sources warn that you should not drink the tincture on an empty stomach. The effect will be too strong, alcohol may even cause vasospasm. But the instructions sometimes advise taking the drops before meals. To ensure that hawthorn tincture is beneficial and not harmful, consult your doctor. You can also choose a compromise option: eat an apple or tomato half an hour before your appointment.

Advice

Hawthorn tincture has a calming effect. Do not take it if you need to perform work that requires quick reaction or drive.

Home Recipes

Dried fruits (small-fruited ones are sold in pharmacies) are brewed as tea, jam is made from fresh (large-fruited) fruits, ground with sugar, and frozen. And, of course, tinctures with strong alcohol.

Freshly picked berries are also suitable for infusion, just take half as many of them as dried ones. Here are proven and best recipes for tinctures.

Moonshine on hawthorn

The tincture, pleasant for a feast and useful in reasonable quantities, is prepared using purified double-distilled moonshine with a strength of 50°.

Take:

• 1 liter of moonshine;
• 1 cup of dried hawthorn or 2 cups of fresh fruit;
• 1 cinnamon stick or 0.5 tsp ground;
• 0.5 packets of vanilla sugar;
• 1-2 tbsp flower honey.

Pour moonshine over berries and cinnamon. Leave for 20-25 days. Readiness is determined by the fact that the moonshine has colored and the berries have become almost colorless. Drain the tincture through cheesecloth, collect it in a knot and squeeze out the berries.

Filter through cotton wool or cotton pads. Steam the honey and mix with vanilla sugar. Add to the tincture, stir. Leave it covered for another week. Filter through cotton wool, getting rid of honey sediment.

Vodka tincture with galangal and rose hips

The tincture prepared according to this recipe has a sour-sharp “cognac” flavor, which is given to it by rose hips and galangal. And the color is more saturated because of the rose hips.

You will need:

• 1 liter of vodka;
• 3 tbsp. hawthorn;
• 2 tbsp. rosehip;
• 1 tsp chopped galangal root;
• syrup made from equal parts of water and sugar: 1-2 tbsp.

Pour vodka over mixed dried berries and galangal. Let it brew for a month in room conditions without light, shaking a couple of times a week. Strain and soften the taste with sugar syrup. Let it rest in glass for 5 days and taste.

Hawthorn in alcohol

Prepare a medicinal tincture that helps fight hypertension, heart and vascular diseases, rheumatism, and atherosclerosis with undiluted medical alcohol.

To do this, pour 150-200 g of crushed dry fruits or 300 g of fresh fruits with 500 ml of alcohol and leave in the dark and cool for three weeks. Strain, squeeze out the fruits and filter through cotton wool.

How to cook Erofeich?

This is the name of vodka (moonshine) infused with herbs. You will find dozens of interpretations of the recipe under this name on the Internet. It is also found among them with the addition of hawthorn berries. Recipe for 3 liters of moonshine.

1. 15 g of dried hawthorn fruits.
2. 7.5 g of dried herbs: lemon balm; English mint (peppermint).
3. 6 g each: oregano; St. John's wort.
4. 3 grams each: cumin; garden marjoram; sweet clover; white initial letter; yarrow; sagebrush.
5. 1.5 grams each: cardamom; anise.

Mix and leave for 2 weeks in a warm place, without light. Then filter thoroughly.

How to infuse with flowers?

Traditional medicine believes that alcohol tincture on hawthorn flowers is even more effective than on the fruits. To do this, pour 500 g of freshly picked flowers in a jar with medical alcohol so that the flowers are completely covered with a margin of 1-1.5 cm.

This amount requires 200-300 ml of alcohol. Keep the jar covered in the dark and cool for 1.5 weeks (10-11 days), shaking every day. Filter.

Procurement of raw materials

When properly prepared, homemade hawthorn tincture turns out to be useful, the raw materials for which can be purchased at a pharmacy or prepared independently in places remote from industrial zones and major highways.

Flowers are collected during the period of mass appearance of buds in early June. The inflorescences are selectively cut off and placed in a spacious basket.

The leaf collection season begins in spring and ends after flowering. Select whole, undamaged leaf blades, cutting them with scissors or carefully tearing them off with your hands. On each branch there should be at least 2/3 of the previous volume of greenery.

Ripe fruits are harvested starting at the end of September. The harvest must be sorted, discarding deformed, rotten, damaged berries and debris.

Flowers and leaves are scattered under the canopy in a thin layer. The raw materials are turned over every day. The berries are laid out on a sheet and placed in the oven, setting the heat to 50 degrees. Periodically open the door and stir the fruit to ensure even drying.

Recipe

Hawthorn extract can be bought at any pharmacy, but if you have already stocked up on the bright red berries of this wonderful plant, then why not try making the tincture yourself - it’s not at all difficult! A tincture can also be made from hawthorn flowers.

Different recipes indicate different amounts of starting products, but how much tincture you prepare depends only on you and the availability of products, it is only important to maintain the proportions - for one part of crushed fruits, 10 parts of 70% alcohol or vodka, or for 2 parts of flowers, 10 parts 70% alcohol or vodka. . It must be borne in mind, however, that this is a medicinal product and the correct dosage must be observed, that is, you should not drink it in glasses, but drop as many drops into tea or water as indicated in the recommendations for use.

Therapeutic options

Hawthorn tincture with vodka or alcohol (the recipe for which is presented below) is a “specialist” in the field of blood circulation.

Its effects are evident when used over a long period (several weeks or months), because The natural remedy acts very slowly, but lasts for a long time.

What else does the tincture help with? Positive effects can be summarized with the following points:

• heart diseases,
• strengthening of the heart muscle - myocardium,
• improvement of cardiac activity,
• heart attack prevention,
• arrhythmia,
• improvement of blood circulation in the myocardium, expansion of the coronary artery of the heart muscle (vessels for blood delivery),
• angina pectoris
• high blood pressure - hypertension,
• arteriosclerosis,
• insomnia, anxiety, fear, nervousness,
• fatigue, weakness, lack of energy,
• dizziness,
• dyspnea,
• muscle inflammation,
• rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis.

General characteristics of the plant

Hawthorn is a small thorny tree or shrub. Its flowers are white or soft pink, collected in dense inflorescences. At the end of August - beginning of September, the fruits ripen - berries of a rich red (less often - bright orange) color. There are almost one and a half thousand of its varieties in the world, but for medicinal purposes the common hawthorn, that is, the well-known glod (glad), is most often used.

The chemical composition of hawthorn is characterized by a high content of flavonoids, polyphenols and glycosides, which help strengthen vascular walls and have an antioxidant effect. Vitamins (C, E, K) and microelements (iron, manganese, potassium, copper, calcium, zinc) provide a strengthening effect, and tannins have bactericidal properties, protect and restore mucous membranes. The organic acids included in the composition have a pronounced antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing effect.

Compound

active ingredient:
1 bottle contains tinctures of hawthorn fruit (
Сrataegi fructus
) (1:10)((extractant – ethanol 70% (
v/v
)) 25 ml or 100 ml.

Dosage form.

Tincture for oral use.

Basic physical and chemical properties:

transparent liquid from yellow to brown with an orange-reddish tint. During storage, sediment may form.

Pharmacotherapeutic group.

Drugs used in cardiology. Code ATX C01E B04.

Precautionary measures

To avoid side effects and unwanted situations during treatment with hawthorn, you must adhere to some rules:

1. It is not advisable to take this remedy during or immediately after a meal, since it may enter into a chemical reaction with food and reduce the therapeutic effect. It is best to take it 40–60 minutes after meals.
2. It is not recommended to take the extract simultaneously with some heart medications, therefore, before starting a therapeutic course, it is necessary to notify the doctor about the medications that the patient is already taking.
3. During treatment with hawthorn, you should avoid working with complex mechanisms that require a high concentration of attention, quick reaction, as well as driving vehicles.

Treatment of prostatitis

Hawthorn is useful in preventing prostate adenoma. It is believed that its appearance is associated with age-related changes in hormonal levels. In addition to discomfort in the lower abdomen, the disease causes fatigue and irritability.

Drinking hawthorn tea normalizes sexual function, calms and improves heart function.

The collection is useful for men:

• Mix 1 part each of hawthorn and peppermint flowers, 2 parts of Veronica officinalis, 3 parts each of fireweed and knotweed flowers. Brew 1 tsp. mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 20-30 minutes.

Take 1/3 cup one hour before meals.