Hawthorn is not a medicine and there is no such thing as efficacy. However, as a food, hawthorn can provide the body with carbohydrates and other nutrients. Shan clover hawthorn Chinese generic name long-stamen stone flower, alias Xia Cao. Clover hawthorn is delicious, rich in protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamin C and calcium, zinc, iron and other trace elements, which can provide the human body with the required nutrients after consumption. Meanwhile, because it contains dietary fiber, it is helpful to promote digestion and intestinal peristalsis. Clover hawthorn does not belong to the same source of medicine and food, so it can not play the same therapeutic effect as medicine. Clover hawthorn should not be consumed too much at one time, so as not to cause abdominal discomfort.