Lower blood pressure with Hawthorn
September 3rd, 2009 | 
Author: Hawthorn trees and Hawthorn tincture
Hawthorn is one of the three sacred trees of the Irish and has always played a big role in Celtic folklore.As a symbol of protection a cutting was placed on doorways to ward off evil.Ribbons were also placed on the tree as decorations on May Day.
Although Hawthorn don’t grow very large they are tough and can live for up to 400 years.Today the Hawthorn is found clinging onto the mountainsides here in Wales and is often used as a hedgerow shrub.
Welsh Mountain Hawthorn
The hawthorn berry has long been regarded as a ‘heart herb’. Tinctures and teas made from it has been used to relieve stress and strengthen the heart by the Druids.
Modern science backs these beliefs. Hawthorn has a mixture of phenols that strengthen the heart, lower cholesterol, reduce resistance in arteries, and lowers blood pressure. It acts as a vacillator – helping the arteries to relax and widen and let the blood flow more smoothly with less pressure.
One Iranian study showed a significant decrease in blood pressure over a three-
month period of using Hawthorn. The effects of Hawthorn build up over time if taken regularly. Hawthorn’s cardio-protective effect actually gets stronger over time.
Hawthorn (using the berries and flowers) can be taken as a tea or a tincture. I take it every morning – 25 to 30 drops of tincture in a glass of water. You can buy Hawthorn tincture at most good health food shops. Or you can make your own.
To make Hawthorn tincture pick the flowers in the May/early June and the berries in late September/October. Place the berries and flowers in a jar and fill the jar with a spirit of 50% to 60% volume alcohol. Strong vodka is usually recommended but I have used moonshine with good results. Leave the mixture for 2 – 4 weeks out of direct sunlight. Then strain it and dispose of the solid stuff. Store the tincture in small dark bottles with a dropper for easy access and use.
Take 25 – 30 drops of Hawthorn tincture up to three times daily for cumulative and beneficial results and lower blood pressure.
Consider Hawthorn a powerful ally in your arsenal to fight high blood pressure and restore good health. Taken with a health diet and ample exercise and you should see your blood pressure come start to come down in no time at all.
By the way, if you need to lower your blood pressure starting today, and want to accomplish it without taking medications, I can give no better recommendation than Kevin Riley’s 12 week program Get Natural! Following this program I managed to lower my blood pressure from 190+/120+ to 125/85 in less than 12 weeks.
Get Natural! is both easy to follow, fun to read, and it works.
Get Natural! comes as a free bonus as part of the BreathEasy slow breathing exercise program.
I would personally endorse the BreathEasy program too. I do a 15 minute slow breathing exercise most nights before bed. It’s very relaxing and even in the span of 15 minutes by blood pressure will drop 10 points or more.
You can check out some free samples of BreathEasy audio tracks at this link: www.highbloodpressurehq.com
These two programs have worked wonders for me.
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Very interesting to find this info on hypertension / HBP.
I have discovered that… SOMETIMES … it may be caused by environmental contaminants. I found that certain mothballs used in the USA (for example) contained a heinous substance (arsenic – based) which remains in the cloth. Bedding may retain the chemical for many decades, affecting users and promoting elevated BP for NO APPARENT REASON !!
So it is not always or necessarily our unhealthy lifestyles or our doomed genetic heredity or our infinite laziness,
that causes HBP. I think it is worth checking for many environmental factors, including water contamination (sheep-dip !!)and a whole lot more.
Best Wishes
Jack D
“Officially”, the cause of the vast majority of high blood pressure is ‘unknown’. Of course there can be many causes and it’s not the same for everyone.
I’ve discovered that high blood pressure runs in my family so I’m probably genetically inclined to become hypertensive. But that’s not the same as saying ‘there’s nothing I can do about it’. It means that I have to pay more attention to my lifestyle to secure safe levels of blood pressure.
I think it’s easier to cure high blood pressure than discover all the possible causes for it.
As in some cases, my HBP problem seems to be rather resistant to “cure”.
Learning that some environmental factors can increase blood pressure – even eg. noise, traffic pollution, etc.
according to many authorities, – may assist us to avoid some of these aggravants. That could help.
Doctors tell us that in 90% of hypertension cases the cause is not known. Many people wake up to a nasty surprise when they realise they are badly affected by an apparently cruel & arbitrary illness.
The answers might be simple and all around us, in part.
If some of us notice and speak of our experiences and our discoveries, we may help others. In that way we can all help each other.
Best Wishes
Jack (UK)
>>Doctors tell us that in 90% of hypertension cases the cause is not known.<<
Same as my doc told me – went to the doc as a healthy man and returnd ill (diagnosed with HBP).
Regarding the Hawthorne tincture I have a question: do you have any sources where I can get the berries from? As a city dweller i don't have many treeds around me and Hawthorne is very difficult to find here (many don't even know how it looks like – I also got my first impressin from your picture above).
There are a few really helpful things for HBP
that anyone may freely obtain. – Google ‘Hawthorn’, to see the leaves and the bush.
I recommend looking here – http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/blood_pressure2.html
– on a site called Earth Clinic, to see what has worked for ordinary folks.
– ACV –
Apple Cider Vinegar seems to be a major star performer,
get the organic type with the thick sediment, if possible.
Much nicer tasting & much more potent – apparently.
There are many many testimonials there, and very helpful ideas.
Google ‘Earth Clinic’ to find this amazing resource.
I would be inclined to consider some gentle exercise – perhaps have fun cycling or swimming.
Drink Green Tea !!
Would eliminate salt from the diet
but
always take gloomy diagnoses with a HUGE great big pinch of it !
Be Well, Have Fun, Enjoy Life !!
Bests
Jack
I found your web site very helpful,I have ben useing Ceyanne Tincture ,both my husbane and I /We believe in natural healing when possiable-We know that God placed all these plants and trees here for our use.I will be passing your site on to those I know are seriously into Natural Healing. I thank you-and I am now going to check out that Web you mentioned “Erath Clinic”Hopeing to find soemthing for My husbands Type 2 Diabetes.