Useful properties of hawthorn, growing it in a summer cottage
Hawthorn is often grown as an ornamental tree, but its fruits are edible and have many beneficial properties. The hawthorn will differ
- high annual yield
- high palatability of fruits
- drought resistance and winter hardiness.
It can be grown in different climatic zones. The process of planting a plant and caring for it is quite simple, it can be grown in a garden without any problems. It is best to propagate hawthorn by root suckers; propagation by seeds is somewhat problematic. For good varieties of hawthorn, grafting of cuttings is very successfully used.
The beneficial properties of hawthorn are provided by the presence in the composition of its fruits of a high percentage of sugars and fructose, organic acids: malic, citric, ascorbic and succinic, flavonoids, saponins and starch.
- Hawthorn is used as a raw material to obtain a valuable agent that can improve the work of the heart muscle, alleviate the condition of patients with tachycardia and angina pectoris.
- Hawthorn is valuable in the treatment of hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart weakness and arrhythmia.
- Using hawthorn preparations, they improve cerebral circulation, improve blood circulation in the coronary vessels, restore physical strength and stimulate mental activity.
- The beneficial properties of hawthorn also lie in its ability to regulate many physiological processes in the human body.
- Dried fruits are used to make tea instead of tea leaves.
- Hawthorn fruit is also used in cooking, as a filling for baked goods.
Just keep in mind that the fruits and flowers of hawthorn should be stored for no more than one year. Otherwise, the drug will have little effect.