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Vegetarian Times, Jan, 2003

> A review of more than 50 recent studies shows that hawthorn, a medicinal herb popular for centuries in Europe, can help improve cardiovascular function, and reduce blood pressure and irregular heartbeats. Writing in the June 2002 Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong also reported that consumption of hawthorn under normal conditions poses no significant side effects.