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> I'm not on any heart medication, so would like to take hawthorn.

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As an herbalist, I wouldn't. You have no present heart problems that

you know of, just a family history.

Hawthorn is for a very specific kind of heart problem, and isn't usually

used as a general preventive

(and it does nothing for vessel blockage anyway.). Don't tinker in the

dark with the action of what may be a perfectly healthy heart.

 

My personal suggestion (and that's all it is!) would be to read /up

thoroughly/ on herbs and supplements that protect the heart and blood

vessels but don't significantly modify present heart action, Besides a

good multivitamin, CoQ-10 comes to mind, but there are others, including

simple anti-inflammatories like vitamin C. (Try reading James Duke,

Andrew Weil and Earl Mindell on the subject--not all herb or supplement

writers are created equal, but those three are solid. And then read

onlinje updates to what they wrote--a few things they recommended in

the '80s and '90s turned out to have a downside. High-potency selenium

supplements are the most notable.).) And please, don't go taking huge

doses on the theory that if some is good, more is better, or take a

whole bunch of different herbs at once.

 

Finally, watch your blood pressure. . . .it's important. Yes, hawthorn

may bring it down, but I'd look for something else, and I'd read up on

it well. Herbs are drugs, and they deserve careful and respectful

handling.

 

Rain

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