Hawthorn // dried berry & leaf

Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)

Ethically wild harvested leaf and berry

✧ Herbal Energetics & Traditional Uses

Hawthorn is a small but mighty member of the Rosaceae family—the rose lineage known for beauty with thorns and deep heart medicine. Traditionally used as a cardiotonic, hawthorn supports healthy circulation, oxygen uptake, and heart tone. It has been worked with to help open the blood vessels, ease tension, and allow energy to flow more freely to and from the heart.

It has long been turned to for emotional healing as well, grief, heartache, anxiety, and even that sharp feeling of impending doom. The blend of berries, leaves, and flowers creates a remedy that is steadying and supportive when the heart feels overwhelmed or fragile.

✧ Magical & Energetic Properties

Hawthorn is a tree of thresholds and protection, sacred in folklore as a guardian of the fae and a keeper of sacred spaces. It carries a field of fierce compassion. It offers both softness and structure, emotional safety without closing off.

In energetic work, hawthorn helps us navigate heart boundaries, strengthen inner courage, and tend to the spaces where love and fear entwine. It reminds us that the heart is not a weakness, but a source of power.

✧ Planetary Correspondence

Mars and Venus
Mars offers protection and strengthening. Venus brings softness and harmony. Hawthorn is a balm for excess Mars and a gentle bolster for Leo’s radiant center.

✧ Zodiacal Correspondence

Leo and Libra
Leo reflects hawthorn’s solar heart-medicine, protection and boldness. Libra resonates with its gentle harmonizing presence, ideal for emotional balance and relational grace.

✧ How to Use

Steep berries and leaves together as tea. Simmer into decoctions or syrups, or blend with rose, motherwort, or linden for emotional support.
Make a tea or you can tincture the dried herb at a 1:5 ratio (1oz herb to 5 oz alcohol of 40–75%, depending on what you can get your hands on).
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✧ Contains

Ethically wildcrafted Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) leaf and berry
2 oz of herb

✧ From Our Hands to Yours

This hawthorn has been ethically wild harvested in small, loving batches. Carefully dried and packaged with intention, it carries the wild heart of the hedgerow. A steadying presence for those walking through loss, fear, or transformation—and a protector for those learning to lead with love.