Fatty liver patients can eat hawthorn, hawthorn is mainly to promote digestion, but can not eat too much.

The hawthorn slices on the market are still relatively high in sugar and should be eaten less, but if they are pure hawthorn they can be eaten.

Fatty liver must control diet, strengthen exercise, in the diet to give low-fat diet, avoid eating too greasy food, like high sugar, high fat, animal offal as far as possible to avoid, but also to avoid drinking. To eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, supplement vitamins and fiber, appropriate supplement quality protein, like eggs, fish, lean meat, soy products and so on. For obese people must lose weight, to strengthen physical exercise, weight control, but also regular review of liver function and liver ultrasound, observe the recovery of fatty liver

Effects and functions of hawthorn

Appetizer and digestion

Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, soften blood vessels

Lowering blood pressure, lowering cholesterol

Diuretic, sedative

Activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis

Appease asthma and resolve phlegm, inhibit bacteria, treatment of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Nutritional value (benefits)

Hawthorn slices contain many kinds of vitamins, hawthorn acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, etc. It also contains flavonoids, lactones, sugars, proteins, fats, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. The lipolytic enzyme contained in the slices promotes the digestion of fatty foods. Promote gastric juice secretion and increase gastric enzymes and other functions. According to Chinese medicine, hawthorn has the effect of eliminating stagnation, astringent and stopping dysentery, activating blood circulation and removing stagnation. It is mainly used for treating dietary stagnation, chest and diaphragm spleen fullness, hernia and blood stagnation and amenorrhea. Hawthorn contains mountain terpenoids and flavonoids and other medicinal ingredients, which have significant vasodilating and antihypertensive effects, and have the functions of strengthening the heart muscle, anti-arrhythmia, regulating blood lipids and cholesterol content.

Side effects of hawthorn.

"Getting and Matching Materia Medica": "Loose stools in qi deficiency, no food in spleen deficiency, both are forbidden. Those who take ginseng should avoid it."

"With the rest of the house diet spectrum": "Eating more gas consumption, loss of teeth, easy to hunger, fasting and weak or weak people or avoid after the disease."

Eating with and notes:

1. Hawthorn should be eaten with wolfberry, which can tonify the liver and kidney.

2. Hawthorn is suitable to be consumed with eucommia, which has the effect of lowering blood pressure.

3. Hawthorn is not suitable to be consumed with seafood, which can stimulate the stomach and intestines and cause discomfort.