The effect of hawthorn on liver is to inhibit the synthesis of liver cholesterol.

The effects of hawthorn are as follows:

1. Hypolipidemic and anti-atherosclerosis

The hypolipidemic effect of hawthorn is to inhibit the synthesis of liver cholesterol and promote the intake of plasma cholesterol by the liver. Hawthorn flavonoids can also reduce the risk of atherosclerosis (AS) and play a role in preventing the occurrence and development of AS.

2. Help digestion

Hawthorn contains many kinds of organic acids. After oral administration, the acidity of gastric juice is enhanced, the activity of pepsin is improved, and the digestion of protein is promoted; Hawthorn tastes sour, stimulates gastric mucosa and promotes gastric juice secretion; Hawthorn contains lipase, which can promote the digestion of fat.

Hawthorn contains vitamin C and other ingredients, which can stimulate appetite by oral administration. Hawthorn can regulate gastrointestinal motility, inhibit gastrointestinal smooth muscle in spastic state and excite smooth muscle in relaxed state.

3. Effects on cardiovascular system

Hawthorn can enhance myocardial contractility and increase cardiac output. Hawthorn extract can enhance the myocardial contractility of toad heart in vivo and in vitro, and the effect lasts for a long time.

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Foods that cannot be eaten with hawthorn:

1. Pig liver. Hawthorn can't be eaten with pig liver, which will destroy vitamin C in the body. Hawthorn is rich in vitamin C, and pig liver contains copper, iron, zinc and other metal trace elements. When vitamin C meets metal ions, it will accelerate oxidation and destroy, reducing the nutritional value. Therefore, it is not suitable to eat hawthorn after eating pig liver.

2. Seafood foods such as fish, shrimp, crab, clam, octopus, clam and oyster. Rich in protein and calcium, if eaten with fruits containing more tannic acid such as hawthorn, it will not only reduce the nutritional value of protein, but also easily combine iron in marine products with tannic acid to form a new precipitate that is not easy to digest and be absorbed by the human body, causing human discomfort.

3. carrots. Hawthorn and carrot can't be eaten together. Carrots are rich in vitamin C-decomposing enzymes. If hawthorn rich in vitamin C is used with foods containing vitamin C-decomposing enzymes, vitamin C will be easily decomposed and destroyed.

4. Duck meat. Duck and hawthorn are alike, both of which are cold and should not be eaten together.

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