Hawthorn can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, and has the functions of dilating blood vessels, strengthening heart, increasing coronary blood flow, improving heart vitality, exciting central nervous system, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, softening blood vessels, diuresis and sedation. Has the effects of preventing and treating arteriosclerosis, preventing aging and resisting cancer.
Maslinic acid also has a cardiotonic effect and is good for heart disease in the elderly;
Can stimulate appetite, promote digestion, especially for eliminating meat stagnation. Hawthorn is used in many digestive drugs.
Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which is helpful to relieve local blood stasis and has an auxiliary effect on traumatic injury;
Crataegus pinnatifida has contractive effect on uterus, and it can promote labor when pregnant women are in labor, which can promote postpartum uterus recovery;
Hawthorn contains flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene and other substances, which can block and reduce the production of free radicals, enhance the body's immunity, and have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects;
Hawthorn contains ingredients for relieving asthma, resolving phlegm, inhibiting bacteria and treating abdominal pain and diarrhea.
One of the principles of women's beauty and fitness diet is the "periodic diet" which is consistent with the change of menstrual cycle. This is also the most important difference between men and women in maintaining beauty and strengthening diet.
Many women will have some uncomfortable symptoms in the first few days of menstrual cramps (premenstrual period), such as depression, anxiety, emotional tension, insomnia, irritability, fatigue and so on. It is generally believed that this is related to the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone in the body. At this time, women should choose foods and drugs that are not only beneficial to skin care, but also beneficial to qi, soothing the liver and regulating bad emotions, such as Chinese cabbage, grapefruit, lean pork, celery, japonica rice, duck eggs, fried atractylodes, yam, coix seed, lily, honeydew melon, wax gourd, kelp, sea cucumber, carrot, white radish, walnut kernel, black fungus and mushrooms.
When menstruation comes, there will be symptoms such as loss of appetite, backache and fatigue. At this time, it is advisable to choose foods and drugs that are not only beneficial to skin beauty, but also beneficial to "water travel". Suitable foods and medicines are: mutton, chicken, red dates, bean curd skin, apples, coix seed, beef, milk, eggs, brown sugar, motherwort, angelica, prepared rehmannia root, peach blossom and so on.