Hawthorn roll is a famous traditional snack in Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin. Hawthorn is both food and medicine. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, hawthorn has a good effect of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Modern medical research has proved that hawthorn contains organic acids, which can increase the secretion of digestive enzymes. In addition, hawthorn also has the function of softening blood vessels. Old people and children especially like it.

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Hawthorn is rich in amino acids, vitamins and trace elements. Every 100 gram of hawthorn contains 89 mg of vitamin C, which is 7~8 times that of carrot. Hawthorn has obvious digestive function and contains a lot of crude fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis. Hawthorn can also enhance the activity of pepsin, and the lipase it contains can promote the decomposition of fat and play a role in promoting digestion and helping digestion.

There are many studies on the effects of hawthorn on cardiovascular system. Ursolic acid extracted from hawthorn kernel can obviously regulate animal blood lipid and prevent atherosclerosis. Feeding rats with hawthorn and seabuckthorn mixture has synergistic effect on improving lipid metabolism in vivo. Hawthorn flavonoids, hawthorn triterpenoid acids and other components have the effects of increasing cardiac output, resisting myocardial fatigue and maintaining normal blood pressure. In addition, hawthorn has certain antibacterial, antitussive and antiasthmatic effects.

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