Hawthorn

Native Americans used hawthorn as a diuretic for kidney and bladder disorders and to treat stomachaches, stimulate appetite, and improve circulation. The flowers and berries have astringent properties and can be used to treat sore throats in the form of haw jelly or haw marmalade. Today, hawthorn is promoted for the treatment of heart failure, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, angina pectoris, Buerger s disease, paroxysmal tachycardia, heart valve murmurs, sore throat, skin sores, diarrhea, and abdominal distention. 

Hawthorn is stated to possess cardiotonic, coronary vasodilator, and hypotensive properties. Traditionally, it is used for cardiac failure, myocardial weakness, paroxysmal tachycardia, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and Buerger s disease. 

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CeHg02. A colourless liquid, b.p. 248 C. It occurs in aniseed and is used in synthetic perfumery under the name aubepine or artificial hawthorn. 

Theophilus, De Divers Artibus, J. G. Hawthorne and C. S. Smith, trans.. University of Chicago Press, HI., 1963 repubhshed Dover PubHshers, New York, 1979. 

The amount of Hquid crystals produced each year for appHcations is several tens of tons, with the vast majority designed specifically for display appHcations. Several of the largest producers of commercial Hquid crystals are E. Merck, Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., and Chisso. E. M. Chemicals (Hawthorne, New York) is the distributor for E. Merck in the United States and Chisso America Inc. has an office in New York. Hoffmann-LaRoche and Di Nippon Inc. have joined forces to form a new company, Rodic. 

S. H. Liberstein, Who Owns What is in Your Head Trade Secrets and the Mobile Employee, Hawthorn Books, 1979. 

D. H. Solomon andD. G. Hawthorne, Chemisty and Pigments,JohnWHey 8c Sons, Inc., New York, 1983, Chapt. 2. 

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