Hawthorn has a long history of use in European folk medicine as a tonic for the heart. In The United States the Native Americans used the fruit and leaves of hawthorn to support cardiovascular health. Also the Eclectic physicians of the Golden Age of Botanical Medicine (1836 - 1937) used the fruit and bark to support cardaic function and as a general tonic. Recent research has been validating Hawthorns beneficial effects on the heart and circulation which seem to be largely due to the high amount of potent antioxidants including proanthocyanidins and flavonoids.Other products from HerbsPro