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What are the benefits of soaking dried hawthorn in water? Thank you.
Hawthorn contains a variety of vitamins, maslinic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid and so on. It also contains flavonoids, lactones, sugars, protein, fats and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Lipase contained in hawthorn can promote the digestion of fatty foods. Promote the secretion of gastric juice and increase the function of enzymes in the stomach. Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the effects of eliminating food stagnation, astringing and stopping dysentery, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Indications are food stagnation, chest tightness, hernia, blood stasis and amenorrhea. Crataegus pinnatifida contains triterpenoids and brass, which has obvious effects of dilating blood vessels and lowering blood pressure, strengthening heart muscle, resisting arrhythmia and regulating blood lipid and cholesterol content.