Hawthorn tincture is an excellent drug for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, the fight against hypertension, nervousness and high blood pressure and excess cholesterol. The benefits of infusions and decoctions of hawthorn were noted in the works of prominent doctors of antiquity. In particular, they noted the extension of longevity and the promotion of the restoration of mental strength.
The optimal recipe is considered to be an alcohol solution (100 grams of plant materials per 1 liter of alcohol). The finished medicine is added to the drink at the rate of 20-30 drops per 150 ml of water. In pharmacies, you can buy ready-made hawthorn infusion or dried fruits for self-preparation of the medicine.
Hawthorn alcohol tincture is produced in glass bottles with a screw cap and a convenient dosage device - a dropper or a sleeve. The volume of the bottles is from 25 to 100 ml. To protect against damage during transit, each bottle is packed in an opaque cardboard box.
The approved recipe composition of the tincture is as follows:
- 100 grams of hawthorn fruit;
- 1 liter of ethyl alcohol.
The strength of the hawthorn tincture can have from 50 to 70 degrees. Most often, a tincture with a strength of 50 degrees is sold in pharmacies. Stronger alcohol solutions are produced for medical and pharmacological institutions.
In appearance, the finished medicine is a clear liquid colored in light brown, yellow or reddish tones. The intensity of the color depends on the raw materials used and the color of the berries. It is not recommended to keep the finished medicine in the light, at temperatures above 20 degrees and in rooms with high humidity. Store hawthorn tincture in a dry and dark place.
The raw material for making the tincture is a perennial shrub with bunches of fleshy sweetish fruits with a slight astringent taste. Hawthorn blooms in summer, amber or red berries ripen in late autumn, by September - October. The plant is extremely unpretentious and grows in almost all climatic zones of Russia, except for the Far North and on almost any soil, preferring clay, in a mode of moderate and high humidity.
Despite the pleasant taste, hawthorn berries do not represent culinary value and serve mainly as a delicacy for children and birds wintering in the middle lane. In folk medicine, berries, fragrant inflorescences, hawthorn bark are widely used. Decoctions of berries and leaves are used in cosmetic and bath procedures to normalize the work of blood vessels and for digestive disorders.
Alcohol tinctures have a more pronounced medicinal effect and are used for diseases of the heart, nervous system, and hypertension. The use of alcoholic tinctures of high concentration can have a number of contraindications and cause allergic reactions.
Despite the fact that the medicine is dispensed in the over-the-counter department, it makes sense to consult a doctor and get a recommendation before using hawthorn-based alcohol preparations.
Hawthorn leaves and fruits have mild antiseptic and bactericidal properties. The steamed leaves were used in bath compresses to facilitate the release of phlegm. In Russia, hawthorn leaves were included in the gynecological complex of herbs used after obstetrics for relaxation and recovery of the body after heavy exertion.
The general pharmacological effect of hawthorn tincture is a sedative, antispasmodic, vasodilator, and reduces increased heart rate. The use is recommended for neuroses, climacteric changes, hypertension of various types of origin. Hawthorn improves cerebral blood supply, reduces the risk by relieving vascular spasms, improves the functioning of the brain and central nervous system.
Prophylactic reception of tincture is successfully used for the prevention of atherosclerosis.
Vegetable natural flavonoids contained in fruits and organic acids are excellently soluble in alcohol and are absorbed as easily as possible by the digestive system. Alcohol facilitates the easier passage of beneficial components through the walls of the esophagus, stomach and intestines.
An incomplete list of components contains hyperin, vitexin, quycerin, hyperoside, citric, caffeic, ursular acids, active pectins and vitamins of groups A, B, C, E, K.
The medicine helps to normalize blood supply with vascular spasms. The tincture has a selective vasodilator effect and is indicated for atherosclerosis, narrowed vessels, vascular dystonia. For the venous circulatory system, the effect is manifested in strengthening the walls of the veins.
Indications for use
Indications for the use of hawthorn tincture as a therapeutic, therapeutic or prophylactic agent are determined by a doctor. Most often, the drug is prescribed for ischemic heart disease and insufficient myocardial function.
If you decide on your own that you need to drink a natural sedative, tonic, start with half the usual dose. This is sufficient for a therapeutic effect.
Main indications for use:
- vasospasm;
- heart failure;
- arrhythmia;
- high cholesterol levels;
- rehabilitation after serious illnesses;
- neuroses and hyperexcitability;
- increased intellectual loads.
The tincture should be used with caution for depression and fatigue. When antidepressants are prescribed, the benefits and possible harms of taking hawthorn supplements should be discussed with your doctor.
Instructions for use
Use the tincture as a general tonic for strong physical and intellectual exertion, to strengthen the immune system and increase the overall tone of the body during periods of increasing risk of colds.
Standard dosage
To prepare the medicine, put 30-40 drops in a glass of water and stir. The resulting solution can be used alone or added to tea.
The diluted infusion is taken 3 times a day, half an hour before meals. The recommended rate is a third of a glass. You can prepare the solution in advance for the whole day and store in the refrigerator in a container with a lid.
During pregnancy and lactation, the effect of the tincture has not undergone clinical trials. Alcohol tinctures are generally not recommended during the first trimester of pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Hawthorn tincture, despite its naturalness and environmental friendliness, is one of the strongest remedies. Follow the doctor's recommendations in this case and do not show excessive self-activity.
Contraindications
- Contraindications include allergic reactions and individual intolerance.
- In case of stomach ulcers, exacerbations of chronic diseases, gastritis, hawthorn tincture can cause irritation of the intestines and indigestion.
- You can not take the infusion with low blood pressure.
- In diabetes mellitus and other systemic metabolic diseases, special care should be taken and the advice of a doctor should be followed. Taking the infusion can help normalize blood sugar, but in some cases unwanted side effects are possible.
- It is undesirable to take hawthorn tincture in the first trimester of pregnancy. Any alcoholic infusions can harm the child.
- Concentrated alcoholic tinctures are not recommended for children. For children under 12 years old, you can prepare a relaxing and soothing fruit decoction or syrup.
- Reception of undiluted, pure infusion is categorically contraindicated.
Do not take hawthorn tincture on your own, without a medical prescription. Hawthorn tincture is a drug with significant medical effect. Taking medication for non-medical purposes and without a doctor's recommendation can have undesirable health effects.
Side effects
With prolonged use of the medication and when taking a large dose at a time, a decrease in blood pressure, drowsiness, disturbances in the functioning of the intestines, and interruptions in the work of the heart are possible.
Also, nausea, vomiting, bloating, colic with intolerance or when the recommended dose is exceeded is not excluded.
Hawthorn infusion is a potent remedy. Do not exceed the dose to avoid side effects. Poisoning is unlikely, but a strong drop in blood pressure is possible if, for example, you immediately drink a standard 30 ml vial.
Interaction with other drugs
With a doctor's appointment, you have nothing to worry about. Doctors have sufficient education so as not to prescribe mutually exclusive drugs at the same time. You will have to take into account the interaction with other medications only when taking it alone.
Concomitant use with cisapride and a number of antidepressants is contraindicated. Simultaneous use with antibiotics and chemical anti-cold drugs is undesirable due to the increased load on the liver.
There are no exact chemical analogues of the drug. Hawthorn tincture combines sedative, antiseptic, sedative, antispasmodic and cardiological properties and contains a unique set of essential oils, tannins, vitamins, complex organic acids actively involved in metabolism.
Motherwort tincture has a similar sedative effect. Antiseptic properties can be replenished with nettle decoctions. Corvalol or Validol are able to cope with an increased heart rate.
special instructions
It is undesirable to take hawthorn preparations, infusions and decoctions on an empty stomach. Absorption of the drug too quickly can cause an allergic reaction, drowsiness.
The cost of the drug
The price of a standard 25 ml bottle in a pharmacy is 20-60 rubles, depending on the manufacturer and the price policy of the pharmacy chain.
Conclusion
Hawthorn tincture is a complex medicine based on natural raw materials and medicinal properties of the plant.
Be careful. The medicine is sold only in pharmacies and pharmacy kiosks that are licensed. In grocery stores and stalls, a surrogate product is sold that does not have medicinal properties and can cause serious harm to health if non-drinking alcohol is present in the composition.
After fatal cases of poisoning with a fake tincture containing methyl alcohol, the sale of this drug through regular, non-pharmacy chains is strictly prohibited.
Transparent liquid from light amber to red-brown color. During storage, sediment may precipitate.
Pharmacotherapeutic group
Other drugs used for heart disease.
ATX code: С01ЕВ04.
Pharmacological properties
Pharmacodynamics
Biologically active substances contained in hawthorn fruits have a moderate cardiotonic, hypotensive and sedative effect.
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics has not been studied, since the drug contains various biologically active substances.
Indications for use
In the complex therapy of functional disorders of cardiac activity and functional disorders of the nervous system (neurasthenia).
The use for the indicated purposes is based only on experience in continuous use.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity, childhood (up to 12 years), pregnancy, lactation.
Carefully
With care: liver disease, alcoholism, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and other brain diseases with a decrease in the seizure threshold, children over 12 years of age.
Method of administration and dosage
It is taken orally before meals. Adults are advised to take 20-30 drops of the tincture, diluted in 1/4 cup of water, 3 times a day. Children over 12 years old 3 times a day, 10-15 drops of tincture, diluted in 1/4 glass of water.
The duration of the course of treatment is determined by the doctor, taking into account the characteristics of the disease, the tolerability of the drug and the achieved effect.
It is not recommended to use the tincture for a long time due to the ethanol content. Duration of admission in children should be minimal. During treatment, you should avoid taking other ethanol-containing products.
Use in patients with impaired liver and / or kidney function: Prescribe with caution.
Use in elderly patients: prescribe with caution.
Side effect
Allergic reactions, bradycardia, drowsiness, decreased blood pressure, dizziness, tremors are possible.
In case of adverse reactions, including those not specified in this instruction, you should stop using the drug and consult a doctor.
Interaction with other medicinal products
It is necessary to avoid the simultaneous use of other medicines containing ethyl alcohol.
Interactions associated with the presence of ethyl alcohol in the composition:
- drugs that cause a disulfiram-like reaction (sensation of heat, redness of the skin, vomiting, tachycardia), when taken together with alcohol: disulfiram, cefamandol, cefoperazone, latamoxef, chloramphenicol, chlorpropamide, glibenclamide, glipizide drugs, gipizide metronidazole, ornidazole, tinidazole, ketoconazole, procarbazine;
- drugs that inhibit the functions of the central nervous system.
When administered together with cardiac glycosides, there is an increase in cardiotonic, with beta-blockers - hypotensive action. Simultaneous use with antiarrhythmic drugs, as well as with cisapride, is not recommended. Reception with alkaloid salts is not recommended due to the possibility of complex formation.
In case of the simultaneous use of other medicines, you should consult your doctor.
Precautionary measures
Before taking the medicine, you need to consult a doctor.
During treatment, monitoring of blood pressure and electrocardiogram is necessary.
If, while taking the drug, the symptoms persist or the condition worsens, edema of the lower extremities develops, you should consult a doctor.
Immediate medical attention is needed if pain in the heart region radiates to the arm, upper abdomen, neck, or if respiratory failure develops.
The drug contains at least 65% ethyl alcohol, that is, 0.38-0.57 mg per dose (20-30 drops).
Use during pregnancy and lactation
Contraindicated.
Application in children
The use of the drug in children under 12 years of age is contraindicated. The use of the drug in children aged 12-18 years is possible only as directed by a doctor and under medical supervision.
Impact on the ability to drive a car and other potentially dangerous machinery
The medicinal product contains ethyl alcohol! During the period of treatment, it is necessary to refrain from driving vehicles and engaging in other potentially hazardous activities that require increased concentration of attention and speed of psychomotor reactions.
