Speaking of hawthorn, in the eyes of our Chinese medicine, it is not just a fruit that can eliminate food accumulation. It has a sweet and sour taste, can penetrate into the three meridians of the spleen, stomach and liver, and has the miraculous effects of eliminating food and strengthening the stomach, dissipating qi and stasis, and reducing turbidity and lipids.
The history of this hawthorn has been used for thousands of years, and it can be said to be a precious treasure of traditional Chinese medicine.
Clinically, hawthorn is widely used in the treatment of various diseases such as food accumulation, stomach pain, diarrhea, blood stasis and amenorrhea, postpartum stasis, chest paralysis and heartache, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, liver cirrhosis and so on.
But you know what?
1. Hawthorn and Bupleurum
When the child's liver loses its excretion function, the liver qi is reversed, and the spleen loses its health, the combination of hawthorn and bupleurum is particularly suitable.
Bupleurum can soothe the liver and relieve depression, and hawthorn can strengthen the spleen. The two work together to regulate liver depression and spleen deficiency and restore the child's health.
2. Hawthorn and tangerine peel
Tangerine peel, which regulates qi, can not only strengthen the spleen and eliminate food, but also regulate the spleen and stomach together with hawthorn, and clear phlegm and dampness.
For children whose spleen and stomach are abnormal, water and dampness cannot be transported normally, and condense into phlegm to block the spleen and stomach, the combination of hawthorn and tangerine peel is undoubtedly a good remedy.
If you add the chopped apples to boil the water, it can help your child to eliminate food accumulation.
3. Hawthorn and gardenia
When the child's liver is vigorous, and there are symptoms such as sweating, heat intolerance, kicking the quilt, mood swings, red tongue, fast pulse, and dry stool, the combination of hawthorn and gardenia is particularly crucial.
Gardenia can dry dampness and clear heat, good at clearing the three scorching dampness and heat, and can also clear the heart and relieve fire, remove troubles and calm the nerves. Used together with hawthorn, it can not only clear the liver fire but also nourish the spleen and stomach, so that children can restore tranquility and health.
4. Hawthorn and red dates
The sour taste of hawthorn is appetizing and digestive, while red dates can improve stomach function, aid digestion, and strengthen the spleen and qi.
For children with indigestion, pale, and bloodless, hawthorn jujube water is undoubtedly a warm and powerful healing drink.
A word to parents
With 40 years of clinical experience, I know that as long as parents observe carefully, accumulate some parenting knowledge, and give their children correct guidance and correction in time, they can stay away from most diseases and thrive.
Therefore, I hope to share my experience and tips through this platform to help more parents avoid detours and protect the healthy growth of their children. I am Grandma Ye Donglan, I have been working in pediatrics for more than 40 years, and I will continue to share with you some small knowledge about children's tics, spleen deficiency, food accumulation, growth and development.