Comment · Fri, October 7, 2022 · ND Owner
Has ND looked into Hawthorn Extract?
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IncreasinglyTrippy · 18 points
Among other things I found this interesting:
“Hawthorn extract and camphor (25 drops/day), used to increase low blood pressure, improved logical thinking, visual-motor speed, and attention in almost 150 adults. It might work by increasing blood flow and energy use in the brain, which is especially important in the elderly. As previously discussed, camphor rather than hawthorn may account for this effect [37, 39].
The same formulation had no effect in a trial on 200 teenagers. Possibly, the hawthorn-camphor combo offers benefits only to people with poor circulation [41].
Hawthorn extract preserved brain cell function, learning capacity, and memory in rats with diabetes or those exposed to brain toxins [97, 98, 99, 100].
Its component vitexin reduced movement problems in mice with Parkinson’s disease and prevented this condition in brain cells [101, 102].
Several hawthorn compounds blocked key processes that trigger Alzheimer’s disease. These might be valuable phytochemicals for disease prevention [103, 104].”
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IncreasinglyTrippy · 2 points
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb ?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Not really. Have any interesting research to link?