1, hawthorn has the effects of promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, promoting qi circulation, removing blood stasis, removing turbidity and lowering blood fat. Can be used for treating meat stagnation, epigastric fullness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, blood stasis, amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, stabbing pain in the heart, chest pain, hernia pain and hyperlipidemia. The function of promoting digestion and guiding stagnation of burnt hawthorn is enhanced, and it can be used for meat stagnation and diarrhea.

2. Lowering blood lipid to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases has the functions of dilating blood vessels, increasing coronary blood flow, improving heart vitality, exciting central nervous system, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, softening blood vessels, diuresis and sedation.

3. Taboo of Hawthorn

(1) If children overeat hawthorn or hawthorn slices and hawthorn cakes for a long time, it will be bad for tooth growth. The acidic substances in hawthorn are corrosive to teeth, so you should pay attention to gargling and brushing your teeth in time after eating, especially for children who are in the period of tooth replacement.

(2) When pregnant women have early pregnancy reaction, sweet and sour hawthorn is often their favorite. In fact, pregnant women should not eat more hawthorn, especially dried hawthorn, which has a strong blood circulation effect, because hawthorn has the effect of contracting uterine smooth muscle, so it is not suitable for pregnant women to eat.

(3) Some people should not eat more hawthorn. There is a saying in Chinese medicine: "Hawthorn only needs no tonic", and people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more.

(4) Hawthorn can promote the secretion of gastric acid, so it should not be eaten on an empty stomach, and fresh hawthorn contains a lot of tannic acid, which will combine with minerals in the human body to form stomach stones if eaten too much.