Steinmetz:Crataegus

Crataegus ocyacantha

Also known as (or relevant to) Crataegus ocyacantha Family Rosaceae English Names Hawthorn Natural Habitat Europe Bulgaria Rumania Russia Balkan Western Asia North and Western Africa cultivated in America Part(s) Used Flores Crataegi oxyacanthae Fructus Crataegi oxyacanthae Herba Crataegi oxyacanthae

Constituent(s) fruit: oxyacanthin amygdalin sugar fat tannin acids crataeguslacton essential oil mucilage; flower: amygdalin minerals glucose quercitrin quercetin trimethylamin essential oil; leaf: trimethylamin crataeguslacton Action flower: diuretic cardiac-tonic reducing blood pressure; herb: diuretic depurative cardiac-tonic astringent discutient antispasmodic reducing blood pressure; fruit: reducing blood pressure cardiac-tonic. The flower seems to be most active however usually a combination of flower leaf and fruit is employed