Hawthorn in Herbal Medicine: Properties of Hawthorn

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consisting of leaves and flowers (flowering tops).

, vitexin, luteolin, rutin, quercetin, apigenin);

Leucoanthocyanidins;

Pentacyclic triterpene acids (ursolic acid, crategolic acid, oleanolic acid, acantholic acid, neotegolic acid);

Phenolcarboxylic acids;

Sterols;

Amines and aminopurines.

, the main ones concern the use in the treatment of mild heart failure and arrhythmias, palpitations and mild arterial hypertension.

In addition, hawthorn is also attributed a "sedative action that is exploited by" herbal medicine in the presence of anxious situations.