Hawthorn belongs to the same source of medicine and food, hawthorn can dissolve turbidity and reduce fat (clean up the dirty and turbid substances in the body and reduce the excess fat in the body), and can be used for the treatment of hyperlipidemia, but the specific effect of lowering the blood lipid needs to be decided according to the patient’s condition.
Hawthorn has the efficacy of eliminating food stagnation, promoting circulation of Qi and dispersing blood stasis. It is mainly used for the treatment of dietary stagnation, dysentery and abdominal pain, chest and abdominal pain with stasis and dysmenorrhea. Clinically, hawthorn is used in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, either alone or in combination with Prepared Fleeceflower, Cassia Seed and Pueraria Mirifica.
Hawthorn should be used with caution for those with weak spleen and stomach without stagnation. The adverse reactions and contraindications of Hawthorn are not clear.
If you need to use Hawthorn to treat diseases, you must use it under the guidance of a professional doctor.