It is better to eat hawthorn cooked. Tannic acid contained in raw hawthorn is easy to form gastrolith when combined with gastric acid, which is difficult to digest. If the gastrolith cannot be digested for a long time, it will cause gastric ulcer, gastric bleeding and even gastric perforation. When eating hawthorn, you should wash it, then add water and boil it together, preferably into a paste, so that it is more delicious and can better replenish your body.

Taboos for eating:

Crataegus pinnatifida is not suitable for eating with pig liver. Crataegus pinnatifida is rich in vitamin C, and pig liver contains trace elements such as copper, iron, zinc, etc. Both of them are eaten together, which accelerates the oxidation of vitamin C and reduces its nutritional value. Therefore, Crataegus pinnatifida is not suitable for eating with pig liver.

Hawthorn and fruits and vegetables containing vitamin C decomposing enzymes should not be eaten together. Cucumber, pumpkin, carrot and other fruits and vegetables all contain vitamin C decomposing enzymes. Eating with hawthorn will destroy vitamin C in hawthorn and reduce its nutritional value, so it is not suitable to eat together.

Hawthorn and seafood should not be eaten together. Seafood is rich in minerals such as calcium, iron, carbon, iodine and protein, while hawthorn contains tannic acid. If eaten together with seafood, it will synthesize tannic acid protein, which will lead to constipation, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and other symptoms, so it is not suitable to eat together.

Hawthorn is similar to vitamin K3, which is a hemostatic drug and hawthorn is a blood activating drug, and its vitamin C is not conducive to the hemostatic effect of vitamin K3.

Children in tooth changing period should not eat more hawthorn, which will damage their teeth and adversely affect the growth and development of children's teeth.

Hawthorn has the function of promoting women's uterine contraction. Pregnant women who eat more hawthorn will cause abortion, so it is not advisable to eat more.

Suitable crowd for hawthorn:

It is most suitable for those who are full and full after eating, especially those who have indigestion of meat and upper abdominal pain. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly patients with heart weakness, hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, hyperlipidemia, paroxysmal tachycardia and various cancers; Suitable for women with overdue menstruation or postpartum congestion, abdominal pain and lochia; In addition, it is also suitable for patients with obesity, scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), viral hepatitis, fatty liver, acute and chronic nephritis, tapeworm disease and intestinal infection.