Shan Zha and Western hawthorn

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Very interesting Karen, without yet looking at your medscape references --

have their been comparative studies between Shan Zha and Western hawthorn? I

always assumed that the Chinese favored the cultivation of large fruited

hawthorn because it was easier picking. I also have found that the

connection of hawthorn favoring fat and protein digestion (sour benefits the

liver i.e. metabolizes fat) may be the basis of why western hawthorn is used

for cardiovascular conditions. To my knowledge, traditionally TCM always

used shan Zha for digestion and based on their being convinced and

influenced by western usage have only recently expanded its use for

cardiovascular disease. I think this is a question so if anyone has any

different information or impressions I stand to be enlightened.

Michael Tierra

www.planetherbs.com

 

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Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:10 AM

 

Re:Times for Shan Zha

 

 

 

Here is the MedScape write-up, (complete with CMEs if you qualify).

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Note that many of these studies used the medicinal varieties of European and

 

American Crataegus, which are stronger than Shan Zha, C. pinnatifida in

cardiac constituents:

 

Modern extracts of hawthorn, a genus of shrub plants found throughout much

of the world, typically derive from the leaves and flowers of a few specific

 

species, such as Crataegus laevigata and C monogyna. All of the reviewed

trials used either WS1442 or LI132, commercial preparations with consistent

concentrations of the active oligomeric procyanidins; dosages ranged widely,

 

however.

 

Karen Vaughan, MSTOM

Licensed Acupuncturist, NCCAOM

Registered Herbalist (AHG)

253 Garfield Place

Brooklyn, NY 11215

 

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