Sand slag is a warm fruit. There are two flavors: sweet and sour, among which sour hawthorn is the most popular. It has the effects of lowering blood lipids, blood pressure, strengthening the heart, and anti-arrhythmia. It is also a good medicine for strengthening the spleen and appetizing, digesting food and resolving stagnation, promoting blood circulation and reducing phlegm. However, eating it on an empty stomach will aggravate gastric acid secretion, which can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

Whether hawthorn is cool or hot? Hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge), also known as mountain fruit and mountain red, is a deciduous tree of the Rosaceae family, up to 6 meters high. It is a temperate fruit. Hawthorn Nature and Flavor Hawthorn is divided into two types: sweet and sour according to its taste, among which sour hawthorn is the most popular. Will eating too much hawthorn cause internal heat? It will neither cause internal heat nor reduce internal heat. Judging from the efficacy of hawthorn, it does not have the effect of clearing away heat and reducing internal heat. Although hawthorn is a kind of warm fruit, under normal circumstances, , Moderate consumption of hawthorn will not cause internal heat. However, if you eat a large amount of hawthorn for a long time, you will consume too much sugar, which may aggravate the dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach and cause so-called symptoms of internal heat, such as: body heat, sweating, yellow and greasy tongue coating, etc. Is hawthorn an acidic or alkaline food? Although hawthorn tastes sour, the nature of the food is not determined by the taste, but by the nature of the products generated after digestion and metabolism by the human body. Hawthorn contains a lot of metal ions, which are formed by digestion and metabolism after the human body eats them. Alkaline oxide with cations, so it can be seen that hawthorn is an alkaline food.

Hawthorn nutritional value: Hawthorn is a stone fruit with a hard core, thin pulp and a slightly sour taste. The fruit can be eaten raw or made into preserved fruit cake, and can be used as medicine after drying. It is a unique tree species in China that can be used both as medicine and fruit. It has the effects of lowering blood lipids, blood pressure, strengthening the heart, and anti-arrhythmia. It is also good at strengthening the spleen, appetizing, and digesting food. , a good medicine for promoting blood circulation and reducing phlegm.

Medicinal uses: Slag can eliminate food accumulation and disperse blood stasis, expel tapeworms and treat flesh accumulation, digest food and strengthen the stomach, promote qi and disperse blood stasis. It is used for symptoms such as meat stasis, gastric distension, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and high blood lipids.

Therapeutic effects: appetizing, digesting, activating blood circulation and removing blood clots. Treats coronary heart disease, meat inegestion, and diarrhea.

By-products of hawthorn processing: Hawthorn can be made into hawthorn cakes, hawthorn cakes, hawthorn slices, hawthorn strips, etc.

How to eat hawthorn with good effects 1. Honey hawthorn:

Ingredients: hawthorn, honey.

Method: Wash the hawthorn, remove the stem and core, put it in an aluminum pot, add an appropriate amount of water, cook until it is mature, add honey when the water is almost gone, and then cook over low heat. Let the juice soak through. After cooling, store in bottles and jars.

Usage: Take daily.

Efficacy: appetizing, digesting, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Treats coronary heart disease, meat inegestion, and diarrhea.

2. Stewed yam with hawthorn and candied dates

Ingredients: 280g yam, 6 candied dates, 6 hawthorns, 30g rock sugar, and appropriate amount of honey.

Method: Peel the yam and cut into hob pieces, cut the candied dates in half, remove the core and slice the hawthorn. Boil the yam in a pot until transparent, remove and set aside. Take another pot, add appropriate amount of water, rock sugar, blanched yam, candied dates, and hawthorn. Then bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium to low heat and simmer until the soup is thick and the yam is cooked and soft, turn off the heat. Bring to a gentle heat and add appropriate amount of honey to taste.

Effects: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys and essence, nourish the lungs and relieve cough, and lower blood sugar.

3. Hawthorn and Silver Flower Soup

Ingredients: Take 30 grams of hawthorn, 6 grams of honeysuckle, and 20 grams of sugar.

Method: First put hawthorn and honeysuckle in a spoon, stir-fry over low heat, add sugar, stir-fry over low heat to form candied fruit, brew with boiling water, take one dose daily.

Efficacy: Hawthorn has the effect of breaking Qi and dissipating blood stasis, and Silver Flower has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. The two flavors can be used together and are suitable for patients with colds and colds.

4. Hawthorn and Polygonum multiflorum soup

Ingredients: Take 15 grams each of hawthorn and Polygonum multiflorum, and 60 grams of sugar.

Method: First wash and chop the hawthorn and Polygonum multiflorum, put them into the pot together, add an appropriate amount of water, soak for two hours, then boil for about an hour, remove the residue and make soup, take one dose a day, divided into two Serve at sub-temperature.

Efficacy: soften blood vessels and reduce blood lipids.