Dried hawthorn is better than fresh hawthorn.

Although both fresh hawthorn and dried hawthorn contain vitamin C and trace elements, they can expand blood vessels, lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar, and can improve and promote cholesterol. Excretion reduces blood lipids and prevents the occurrence of hyperlipidemia. Hawthorn can stimulate the appetite and promote digestion. The lipase contained in hawthorn can also promote the digestion of fat. The flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene and other substances contained in hawthorn can block and reduce the generation of free radicals, enhance the body's immunity, delay aging, and prevent and fight cancer. Hawthorn can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, help eliminate blood stasis, and assist in the treatment of bruises. Hawthorn has a contraction effect on the uterus and has a stimulating effect on pregnant women during labor. Regular consumption of hawthorn can dilate blood vessels, lower blood sugar, lower blood pressure, and prevent and treat cardiovascular disease and senile heart disease. The use of hawthorn fruits to treat diseases has a long history in China. "Tang Materia Medica" records: taking the juice can stop dysentery; "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: eating hawthorn can eliminate meat stagnation, etc. For those with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion of food, soreness in the chest and abdomen, two or three tablets of II Jue after meals are best. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the functions of promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Moreover, modern drug physical and chemical research has found that the medicinal value of hawthorn has penetrated into the field of blood and blood lipids more obviously.

However, it is best not to heat fresh hawthorn, and it will become more sour after heating. It is best to brush your teeth after eating fresh hawthorn, as the acid will corrode your teeth and is not good for dental health. Among them, pregnant women are not suitable for eating fresh hawthorn. Pregnant women eating too much fresh hawthorn may cause miscarriage. But if you have a bad stomach, you can cook it before eating it. The medicinal properties of dried hawthorn are milder and the taste is not so sour.