Hawthorn leaf is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which is sour in taste and flat in nature. If used properly, it can play a role in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, delaying aging, regulating blood lipid, soothing the liver and regulating qi, improving human immunity, relaxing meridians and dredging collaterals.
Characteristics of hawthorn leaves
Crataegus pinnatifida leaves refer to the dried pages of the plant Crataegus pinnatifida, the color of which is green or brownish yellow. The intact leaves are broadly ovoid, the apex will gradually become sharper, and the edges of the leaves have sharp serrations.
Efficacy and function of hawthorn leaves
1, hawthorn leaves have a wide range of uses, with many functions such as clearing away heat, resolving stagnation, promoting diuresis and eliminating jaundice, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and have curative effects on heatstroke, loss of appetite, colds, indigestion and other diseases.
2. Hawthorn leaves can be used to soak in water after being fried, which can be used as a tea substitute, and has a certain effect on hypertension. In addition, if it is used to boil water, it can also treat lacquer sores caused by allergies.
3, hawthorn leaves can also play a diuretic effect, which is very suitable for patients with high uric acid. If you want to excrete more uric acid, you can drink it with hawthorn leaves.
4. Hawthorn leaves, after being used as medicine, also have a certain contraction effect on the uterus. If hawthorn leaves are taken when pregnant women are in labor, it has the effect of promoting birth, and it can also promote postpartum uterine recovery.
Hawthorn leaf taboo
Hawthorn leaves can not be used for a long time, because there are many acidic components in them, which are easy to cause excessive gastric acid secretion, and in severe cases, it will also cause damage to gastric mucosa, which is relatively harmful to human body.