Hawthorn belongs to the ripe fruit of hawthorn dried in the rosaceae family. Hawthorn is sweet and acidic and warm. It belongs to the spleen meridian, the stomach meridian, and the liver meridian. Hawthorn is generally used for stomach digestion, stomach swelling, congestion and amenorrhea, abdominal stinging, hyperlipidemia, blood stasis and so on.
The efficacy of hawthorn
1. Appetizing and digesting
Hawthorn contains esterase has the function of promoting the digestion of fatty foods, hawthorn also has the effect of promoting the secretion of gastric juice and increasing the digestion capacity of the stomach and intestines.
2. Prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
The flavonoids in hawthorn can dilate blood vessels and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and the ingredients contained in hawthorn can also play a certain role in lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure, preventing arteriosclerosis and thrombosis caused by high blood lipids and hypertension. Hawthorn can also promote myocardial contraction and relieve angina.
Third, bacteriostatic
Hawthorn has a strong inhibitory effect on Shigella and Staphylococcus aureus, and can improve gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea caused by the above flora.
Notes on hawthorn
Pregnant women are forbidden to take hawthorn, hawthorn has the effect of activating blood stasis and stimulating uterine contractions, which may endanger the health of pregnant women and fetuses. Hawthorn is rich in fruit acid, and the use of hawthorn in people with weak spleen and stomach is easy to irritate the gastric mucosa and aggravate symptoms. People with low blood lipids and low blood pressure are also not suitable for taking hawthorn, because hawthorn has a certain effect of lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure.