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Hawthorn: Heart Medicine for Blood Pressure, Grief, and Emotional Resilience
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- Herbs with Rosalee
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- Dec 3, 2025
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- 3028
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Summary
How can one tree be said to bless, protect, seduce… and curse? In this episode, I’m joined by herbalist and writer Ruthie Kølle for a deep dive into one of my all-time favorite plants: hawthorn ( Crataegus spp. ). Together, we explore hawthorn’s rich folklore, its potent heart-centered gifts, and the magic woven into its thorns, blossoms, and berries. Drawing from her Celtic heritage, Ruthie shares how hawthorn is not just a medicine, but a living bridge to old-world traditions and ancestral ways of healing. Ruthie brought us her recipe for Anam Cara Heart Opening Cordial, a delightful blend of hawthorn and other rose-family plants. I love how this recipe can be so easily adapted to reflect the region you live in! You can download a beautifully illustrated recipe card here . By the end of this episode, you’ll know: ► Three different body systems that benefit from hawthorn’s gifts ► What makes hawthorn so nourishing and protective, both for the ecosystem and for the human body ► Why most people could benefit from working with hawthorn on a daily basis ► Five different ways to include hawthorn in food ► Why hawthorn is called the "trysting tree" in Irish lore—and what that has to do with the putrid smell of its flowers ► and so much more… For those of you who don’t know her, Ruthie Kølle lives in a cabin situated on the northern hem of her family’s 9th generation farm, which occupies unceded Lenape land. She is deeply rooted to her place there and has apprenticed herself to reconnecting to her own Celtic ancestral ways, weaving them into the stories of the land where she is currently planted. It’s her passion to reconnect with and integrate these traditional and ritual methods of healing into our modern lives. Ruthie has been studying folk and clinical herbalism si…