Hawthorn berries are used to treat many cardiovascular diseases, including the initial stages of hypertension, as well as angina, tachycardia, arrhythmia, neurosis, and heart disease. It is used as a sedative for insomnia and headaches, fatigue and nervous excitement, as well as dizziness. Hawthorn helps to get rid of vegetoneurosis, suffocation and shortness of breath, cope with flu and pneumonia. With its help, disorders of the menstrual cycle, atherosclerosis and sclerosis of cerebral vessels are treated. It helps to normalize the metabolism in the body and normalize the cholesterol content. The list of diseases that are helped by blood-red hawthorn berries also includes gastritis, flatulence, and immune deficiency. Hawthorn bark is used to obtain dyes. This shrub is also used in the food industry and veterinary medicine. The use of blood-red hawthorn berries in medicine is due to its beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system and calming properties, as well as the ability to normalize metabolism. Hawthorn berries contain useful substances in large quantities; they contain vitexin, quercetin, hyperin, oleanolic, citric, stearic and other organic acids, tannins, carotenoids, pectins,oils, choline, sugar, acetylcholine, ascorbic acid and vitamins. Berries also contain a large amount of potassium.