For people with a loss of appetite, eating hawthorn regularly can not only help the body restore appetite, but also if the hawthorn slices are made into hawthorn slices, and if the hawthorn slices are soaked in water and drunk, the hawthorn slices contain Many vitamins and various trace elements have many benefits for health. In fact, dried hawthorn slices can be used with many ingredients and have good therapeutic effects, such as lowering blood lipids and blood pressure. .
How to eat dried hawthorn slices
Dried hawthorn slices are made by slicing hawthorn fruits and drying them. Dried hawthorn contains a variety of vitamins, maslinic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, etc., as well as flavonoids, lactones, sugars, proteins, fats, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. The lipolytic enzyme contained in it can Promote the digestion of fatty foods. Promote gastric juice secretion and increase gastric enzymes and other functions. Hawthorn tablets, like hawthorn, have the effects of eliminating accumulation and stagnation, astringing and stopping dysentery, activating blood circulation and removing blood clots. It is mainly used to treat food stagnation, chest and diaphragm fullness, hernia, blood stasis and amenorrhea. Hawthorn contains pharmaceutical ingredients such as terpenoids and flavonoids, which have significant blood vessel dilation and antihypertensive effects, strengthen myocardium, anti-arrhythmia, and regulate blood lipids and cholesterol levels.
The most common way to consume dried hawthorn slices is to make them into water and drink them as tea, which can lower blood lipids and promote gastrointestinal digestion. If the hawthorn tea is mixed with cassia seeds and antioxidants that can lower blood pressure, Polygonum multiflorum, the effect will be better. However, it should be noted that hawthorn has a strong digestive function, so people with stomach problems are generally not suitable to drink hawthorn tea on an empty stomach, especially those with hyperacidity, gastritis, gastric ulcer, reflux gastritis, and reflux esophagitis. drink.
Dried hawthorn can be used alone or in combination with other foods and medicines to improve its therapeutic effect. For example, hawthorn slices, fruit bark, hawthorn cake, etc. have the functions of strengthening the heart, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, softening blood vessels, and promoting digestion. They are ideal foods for patients with arteriosclerosis, indigestion, and lack of gastric acid. Dusheng powder is made from hawthorn alone and brown sugar, which can activate blood circulation and remove blood clots, promote appetite, and help digestion. It is suitable for postpartum congestion and pillow pain in children with postpartum congestion.
Dried hawthorn and glutinous rice are added to make hawthorn porridge, which can stimulate appetite and digestion, resolve stagnation and accumulation, activate blood circulation and remove blood clots, converge and stop dysentery. It is suitable for patients with abdominal distension, indigestion, abdominal pain and diarrhea due to food accumulation.
The effects of dried hawthorn
1. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer
Hawthorn contains a compound called vitexin, which has anti-cancer effects.
2. Strengthen the heart, lower blood lipids, and lower blood pressure
Hawthorn can significantly reduce serum cholesterol and triglycerides, effectively prevent and treat atherosclerosis; hawthorn can also enhance myocardial contractility , increase cardiac output, expand coronary blood vessels, increase coronary blood flow, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, etc., which can strengthen the heart and prevent angina pectoris. In addition, the total flavonoids in hawthorn have the effect of dilating blood vessels and lastingly lowering blood pressure. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and coronary heart disease can take 15 to 30 grams of raw hawthorn every day and decoct them in water instead of tea.
3. Treatment of dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation
Hawthorn has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is a good dietary therapy for patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea. Put hawthorn and cinnamon twigs into a clay pot, add 2 bowls of water, simmer over low heat until 1 bowl is left, add brown sugar, mix well, and boil. This prescription has the effects of warming the meridians, clearing the meridians, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is suitable for women with cold dysmenorrhea and those with dull complexion.