Hawthorn tastes sour and slightly sweet. Modern nutrition research has found that in100g fresh hawthorn pulp, the content of vitamin C is as high as 89 mg, which is second only to red dates and kiwifruit, and ranks third among fruits.
Hawthorn has the effects of stimulating appetite, relieving pain, regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis, promoting blood circulation, stopping bleeding, refreshing the brain, reducing blood fat, lowering blood pressure and stimulating appetite, and is helpful to treat dyspepsia, anorexia, abdominal pain and diarrhea, amenorrhea in women, bleeding from gastric and duodenal ulcers, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease and senile heart weakness. However, people with weak spleen and stomach and dental diseases should not eat it. (Weng Shuxian)
Food recommendation: red bean, hawthorn and jujube porridge
Materials: 50g of adzuki bean, raw hawthorn 10g, and 4 jujubes.
Practice: Put adzuki beans, hawthorn and jujube together and add water to boil until cooked.
Features: It has the effects of strengthening spleen and stomach, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis, and eliminating greasy food, which is helpful for obese patients to lose weight.