Medicine Traditions
  • Home
  • About
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog

Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha 山楂

Oxyacantha, White Thorn
Shan Zha (TCM)
Picture
Picture
Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563

Picture
C. oxyacantha
Flora von Deutschland
(25), Kohler, 1886

Picture
Chinese Hawthorn fruit slices (Adam, 2017)

Picture
Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION

Botanical name:
Crataegus laevigata (formerly C. oxyacantha) and C. monogyna are the principle sources used in Europe.
In TCM, C. cuneata and C. oxycantha
var. pinnatifida are used.

Parts used:
Fruit; also the leaf, seed and flower

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, Dry. Sour and Sweet

Classifications:

H. Nourish the Heart
O. Promote Digestion

Uses:
1.
Moves the Blood, Clears Blood Stasis, Regulates the Circulation, Eases Pain (West, TCM):

2. Nourishes the Heart, Settles the Spirit (West):

3. Moves the Blood, Benefits the Womb (West, TCM):

4. Promotes Digestion, Clears Food Stagnation:

5. Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:

6. Others Uses:.

7. Stops Leakage:

Dose:
Fruit, Flower or Leaf in Infusion: 1–2 teaspoonful (3–6 grams)
Decoction of the Fruit: 6–15 grams daily (up to 20 or 30 grams)
Fruit in Powder: 1–4 grams

Preparation:
 ... available in PRO version

Comment:
 ... available in PRO version
Picture
Main Combinations:
1. Heart disease, Hawthorn with ... available in PRO version
2. To strengthen Heart and Circulation:
i. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
3. Hypertension:
i. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
4. Angina Pectoris:
i. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
5. High cholesterol and Hypertension, Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
6. Arteriosclerosis, Hawthorn with ... available in PRO version
7. Varicose veins:
i. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
8. Anxiety with Palpitations, Nervous exhaustion, Hawthorn with  ... available in PRO version
9. Food stagnation with abdominal distention, fullness, belching, poor appetite, Hawthorn with ... available in PRO version
10. Childhood nutritional impairment with Fever and poor appetite, Hawthorn with ... available in PRO version
11. Inguinal Hernia, Hawthorn with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Da Shan Zha Wan
Eight Treasure Congee

Cautions:
1. Use cautiously in those with marked digestive weakness, gastric ulcers.
2. May potentiate Cardiac Glycosides (such as Digitalis)

Main Preparations used:

Home
ABOUT
Brief Overview
RESOURCES
Timeline

materia medica – FREE
Materia Medica – PRO
Chinese Classification
Western Classification

Humoral Medicine

Diseases & Formulas
Resources
Theory
Links & Texts
Patient Resources

Shop
Texts for Sale
Contact us

TERMS OF USE
PRIVACY POLICY


© MedicineTradition 2015–2023
  • Home
  • About
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog