There is no difference between hawthorn and red fruit. Hawthorn and red fruit are the same plant.

Hawthorn is also known as mountain fruit, mountain red, sour red, mountain red fruit, wild jujube, red fruit, red fruit, and mountain forest fruit. Hawthorn fruit is nearly spherical or pear-shaped, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, dark red with light spots; 3-5 small cores, slightly ribbed on the outside, smooth on both sides of the inside; the sepals fall off very late, leaving a deep round depression at the tip .

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Effects of hawthorn

1. Help digestion. Hawthorn contains a variety of organic acids. After oral administration, it enhances the acidity of gastric juice, increases pepsin activity, and promotes protein digestion; hawthorn is sour, stimulating the gastric mucosa and promoting gastric juice secretion; hawthorn contains lipase, which can promote the digestion of fat.

2. Lower blood lipids and resist atherosclerosis. Hawthorn flavonoids can significantly reduce the concentrations of serum total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (I.DI.-C) and apolipoprotein B (ApoB) in experimental hyperlipidemic animals.

3. Anti-myocardial ischemia: Hawthorn has a protective effect on acute experimental myocardial ischemia, enhances myocardial contractility and increases cardiac output.

4. Hawthorn has a strong antibacterial effect on Shigella, Proteus, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, etc.

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