Hawthorn, also known as hawthorn fruit and hawthorn red, is distributed in Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places.
Hawthorn is a drupe fruit with hard core, thin pulp and slightly sour taste. Fruit can be eaten raw or made into preserved fruit cakes, and can be used as medicine after drying. It is a unique medicinal and fruit tree species in China.
Six effects of hawthorn
I. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Modern medical research has found that hawthorn contains an effective substance called flavonoids, which can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases well. After entering the body, this substance can expand the size of blood vessels, improve the vitality of blood vessels and greatly increase the blood flow, so that blood pressure and cholesterol values will be reduced.
Second, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
According to the book Materia Medica of traditional Chinese medicine, hawthorn has the functions of "hemolyzing, removing qi and promoting blood circulation". Hawthorn soaking in water can also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Because of poor menstruation, women may have dysmenorrhea and blood clots during menstruation, so they may wish to eat hawthorn, which can well reduce the possibility of dysmenorrhea.
Third, prevention and treatment of cancer.
Hawthorn water can also prevent and treat cancer if taken regularly, because hawthorn contains vitexin, which has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on cancer.
Fourth, promote the digestion of fatty foods.
Lipase contained in hawthorn has a good digestion effect on fatty foods, effectively promoting the secretion of gastric juice in the body, thus greatly improving the digestion ability. The digestive ability in the body is good, the absorption ability can also be improved, and the body will get better and better.
V. Prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis
Regular use of hawthorn water can effectively reduce the contents of triglycerides and serum cholesterol in the body, so the possibility of arteriosclerosis in the body will be greatly reduced. In addition, hawthorn can enhance myocardial contractility and increase blood flow after entering the body, which will greatly reduce the possibility of some angina pectoris.
Sixth, relieving asthma and resolving phlegm.
In addition, hawthorn contains a lot of ingredients that can effectively inhibit bacteria, which can solve some cases of diarrhea and abdominal pain. In addition, the substances contained in hawthorn can play the role of relieving asthma and resolving phlegm. If your throat is uncomfortable, taking hawthorn water is also a good choice.
How to eat hawthorn?
Antihypertensive drug: hawthorn tea.
Zhang Ye, former director of the Nutrition Department of the 309 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, said that hawthorn is particularly effective for critical hypertension. Sticking to making tea with hawthorn every day can lower blood pressure, and the effect is better with fresh hawthorn.
Patients with hypertension, whose blood pressure is 800 to 2000 Hg, have to take medicine. However, when the normal range is high, it is best to make tea with hawthorn after the doctor agrees, and diet therapy is also ok. The effect is good and there are no side effects.
The "medicine" for lowering blood fat: hawthorn porridge
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the external cause of hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis is the imbalance of kidney yin and yang caused by old age and infirmity or congenital deficiency. Shao Jing, chief physician of the Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, suggested that people with hyperlipidemia might as well drink hawthorn porridge regularly, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach, help digestion and lower blood fat.
"Medicine" for nourishing liver: Hawthorn Tablets and hawthorn pill.
If hawthorn is added to the stew, the soup will be non-greasy, delicious, promote meat digestion and help cholesterol conversion. So for people who feel full after eating meat or greasy things, adding hawthorn to meat can kill two birds with one stone.
Low back pain medicine: Hawthorn paste
In fruits, the calcium content of hawthorn is only lower than that of lobular orange and lemon. Eating some hawthorn properly can avoid cramps, backache and other common physical discomfort in autumn and winter caused by calcium deficiency.
Fresh hawthorn is washed and mashed into mud, which is more conducive to the absorption of calcium and more convenient to match with other foods.
Hawthorn is a calcium supplement and the best partner. All the calcium we eat will first react with gastric acid and then decompose into calcium ions. Therefore, eating hawthorn while supplementing calcium can obviously promote the absorption of calcium for people with gastric acid deficiency.
Hawthorn "medicine": fresh hawthorn, hawthorn powder
Hawthorn contains acidic substances such as chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid, which can increase the acidic components in the body and increase the secretion of gastric juice in the body, thus promoting the metabolic rate in the body and consuming excess fat components in the body, thus achieving a good weight loss effect.
It is recommended to eat hawthorn after meals, which will stimulate the stomach less. Fresh hawthorn, although the weight loss effect is better, but the stimulation is also great. You can boil hawthorn into water, which will make it taste softer.
Beauty and skin care "medicine": hawthorn soaked in water
The content of vitamin C in fresh hawthorn is very rich, ranking fourth among fruits, second only to Rosa roxburghii, fresh dates and kiwifruit.
People who lack vitamin C can soak hawthorn in water to drink. When brewing hawthorn, a certain amount of boiling water should be poured according to the amount of hawthorn, and the temperature of boiling water can be about 80 degrees. Generally, 8~ 10 slices of dried hawthorn are poured into 400~500ML boiling water.
Xiaoshi "Medicine": hawthorn pill of Xianshan
Hawthorn has the function of promoting digestion and resolving food accumulation. Eating hawthorn when you have indigestion can promote digestion.
However, patients with gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer have a lot of gastric acid. If you eat a lot of hawthorn, it will easily become the cause of gastrolithiasis.
Eating hawthorn on an empty stomach is not advisable, and eating stomach on an empty stomach will definitely be awkward. The function of strengthening stomach and promoting digestion of hawthorn can only play a role in a certain amount. It is suggested that you should not eat more than 10 at a time.
Attention!
Hawthorn is not allowed to eat.
Consumption must be controlled.
And the way to eat is also particular.
1, people with excessive gastric acid secretion should not eat hawthorn.
2, cooked hawthorn should be eaten less, which contains too much organic acid and tannic acid, which will increase the possibility of stomach stones.
3. Hawthorn cakes, candied haws, etc. Although sweet and sour, they added too much sugar to cover up the sour taste. Not only can it not help digestion, but it may also cause cardiovascular disease or lead to obesity.
Source: Sohu