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Midland Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata) as a tool for helping with Muscle spasm
inferred from antispasmodic action
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2 sources supporting Midland Hawthorn for Muscle spasm. Includes scientific publications, books, monographs and traditional-use references.
Mechanistic basis
This use is associated with the plant's antispasmodic action. Further evidence for that pharmacology:
Crataegus oxyacantha (= C. laevigata) is a medicinally recognised hawthorn species in the European Pharmacopoeia, standardized to oligomeric procyanidins. It is used for heart failure (NYHA stages I-II), angina pectoris, hypertension with myocardial insufficiency and mild cardiac-rhythm alterations, and shows positive inotropic, negative chronotropic, ACE-inhibitory, anti-inflammatory and antihyperlipidemic effects supporting its cardioactive efficacy.
Crataegus oxyacantha extract exerted antiarrhythmic protection against digoxin-induced arrhythmias in rats, supporting the cardiac antispasmodic use of hawthorn.
Long-term administration of a standardised Crataegus oxyacantha extract reduced ischemia- and reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in rats, supporting the cardioprotective antiarrhythmic use of hawthorn.