Hawthorn, also known as Sour Cha, Red Fruit, Big Hawthorn, is slightly warm in nature, sour and sweet in flavor, and belongs to the spleen, stomach and liver meridians.
Effects: Eliminating food stagnation, dispersing blood stasis.
Applicable people: Hawthorn, together with Atractylodes macrocephala and Shenquan, can be used as pills for people with dietary stagnation and abdominal distension; crushed and decocted into soup, added with a little sugar and taken warmly on an empty stomach, can be used for postpartum menstrual discharge and abdominal pain caused by blood stasis; pressed into hawthorn cakes with Chinese yam and sugar, can be used for people with prolonged diarrhea of spleen deficiency in children; decocted into soup, can be used for people with hernia or testicular swelling and pain.
Nutritional value: Hawthorn contains hawthorn acid, flavonoids, tannins, fatty acids, vitamin C and inorganic salts.
Serving Methods: Suitable for eating raw directly, soaking and drinking, making hawthorn slices and hawthorn cake.
Cautions: People with acid reflux should eat hawthorn with caution.
In the case of daily consumption, the food efficacy is limited and cannot play a role in treating diseases. If you have any uncomfortable symptoms, please consult a doctor in time to avoid delaying your condition.