There are many benefits of soaking hawthorn in water, but we should also pay attention to some taboos at ordinary times Hawthorn is an acidic food, so it is best for some people with severe stomach acid not to eat too much hawthorn and not to soak it in water to avoid more harm to the stomach. Let's take a look at the taboos and side effects of soaking hawthorn in water.
Hawthorn is a kind of food with good health care function, which can promote digestion after taking it, and can also play a role in preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer after taking it often. However, not everyone is suitable for taking hawthorn. Today, let's talk about the taboo of soaking hawthorn in water. Let's take a look!
Taboo of hawthorn soaking in water
If there is bloating in the body, taking some hawthorn can relieve the discomfort. However, it should be noted that hawthorn has a good effect on promoting digestion, but it has no effect on protecting the spleen and stomach. It can only promote the secretion of more digestive fluids in the body. In the process of this stimulation, it will cause certain irritation to the stomach.
Therefore, it is best not to take hawthorn or hawthorn water on an empty stomach if you are a patient with gastrointestinal diseases. Common gastrointestinal diseases include gastritis, gastric ulcer, hyperacidity or esophagitis and reflux gastritis. Patients with these diseases will not only fail to promote their health, but will aggravate the disease.
Side effects of hawthorn soaked in water
1, hawthorn tea and hawthorn water have the function of destroying qi, so if you drink too much at ordinary times, you will lose qi in your body, especially if pregnant women take it, which will cause damage to their own health and the development of the fetus. In addition, hawthorn also has the function of enhancing uterine contraction, which leads to miscarriage or premature delivery in pregnant women, so pregnant women had better not take hawthorn.
2, hawthorn can not be taken with these tonics such as ginseng, which needs special attention. In addition, hawthorn tea can't take too much at a time, especially for some patients with spleen and stomach weakness.
3, people with hyperacidity can stimulate the secretion of gastric acid after taking hawthorn, so the concentration of gastric acid is getting higher and higher, which can easily lead to nausea, vomiting and acid vomiting. If the problem is serious, it may even cause peptic ulcer.
4. Hawthorn contains a lot of fruit acid, which can stimulate gastric mucosa and converge. The elderly have many physical functions, especially the poor spleen and stomach functions, and the children's gastrointestinal functions are not fully developed. If the elderly and children eat too much hawthorn, they will lose the stomach gas in the body, so the body's digestive ability will decline. If the problem is serious, it will not only lead to indigestion, but even the body can't absorb enough nutrients, which will lead to weight loss.
Not everyone can eat hawthorn, because hawthorn is an acidic food, so don't let hawthorn eat with drugs at ordinary times, otherwise it will destroy the medicinal properties of drugs. In addition, people with stomach discomfort should not eat too much hawthorn. Children's gastrointestinal function is not very good, so don't eat too much hawthorn!