Drinking dried hawthorn water has certain benefits of eliminating food and strengthening stomach (promoting food digestion, strengthening the function of stomach and internal organs), promoting circulation of qi and dissipating stasis, resolving turbidity and lowering fat (cleansing the body of foul and turbid substances, reducing excess fat in the body), but it may stimulate excessive secretion of gastric acid, resulting in acid swallowing (swallowing the acid in the stomach that rushes upward to the oropharynx), regurgitation, and burning pain and discomfort of stomach and epigastric area, etc.. Dried hawthorn can eliminate food and strengthen stomach, its flavor is sour and sweet, slightly warm and not hot, good at eliminating food and resolving stagnation (digesting stagnant food), soak water and drink it as tea to alleviate all kinds of dietary stagnation; Dried hawthorn can promote qi and dissipate blood stasis, it enters the liver meridian, it can promote qi and blood circulation, promote qi and dissipate knots (to make qi of the organism smooth and dissolve the knots) to relieve pain, and the decoction of charcoal hawthorn can stop diarrhea and diarrhea when taken internally. Dried hawthorn can also dissolve turbidity and lower fat, and can be used to assist in the treatment of hyperlipidemia after drinking boiled water. Drinking dried hawthorn water may stimulate excessive secretion of gastric acid for people with weak spleen and stomach without accumulation and stagnation, leading to further aggravation of weak spleen and stomach and discomfort such as acid swallowing, regurgitation, and burning pain and discomfort in stomach and epigastric region, so it should be used with caution by people who usually have too much gastric acid. Therefore, people who usually have excessive stomach acid should be cautious of using it. Seek medical advice in time and drink it in moderation under the guidance of a doctor in order to avoid discomfort.