Hawthorn has the efficacy of invigorating the stomach and eliminating foodstuffs, promoting circulation of Qi and dispersing blood stasis, resolving turbidity and lowering fat (cleansing the body of impurities and reducing excess fat), and is mostly used in the treatment of stagnation of meat and food, gastric and epigastric distension, diarrhea and abdominal pain, and other symptoms in clinic. Hawthorn is sour, sweet and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It can be used to treat blood stasis, postpartum stasis, stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, chest palsy, hernia pain, hyperlipidemia and so on. Jiao Shanzha has increased the effect of eliminating food stagnation (promoting food digestion), and is used for stagnation of meat and food, diarrhea and dysentery. Hawthorn is used to treat stagnant chest and hypochondrium (a collective term for the chest and rib area) pain, often combined with chuanxiong, peach kernel and safflower; to treat post-partum stagnant abdominal pain, incomplete discharge or menstrual cramps, menstrual closure, it can be decocted with this medicine alone with added sugar; or it can be paired with qi-moving and blood-activating medicines to enhance the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, e.g., it can be used with angelica sinensis, chamomile, and safflower. If there is any discomfort, consult a doctor in time, do not take it by yourself to delay the condition; take this medicine under the guidance of a doctor.