Can you eat hawthorn for gallstones?

Patients with gallbladder stones can eat hawthorn appropriately. Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the efficacy of eliminating stagnation, astringent and stopping dysentery, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which is very effective for people with indigestion and loss of appetite. However, people with weak spleen and stomach and pregnant women should avoid eating hawthorn. When eating hawthorn should also avoid empty stomach, there is a point to note, although hawthorn will not lead to the formation of gallbladder stones, or stones further increase in size, but may lead to the formation of stomach stones. It is mainly due to the high content of pectin and tannic acid in hawthorn, which is easy to agglutinate into water-insoluble precipitates after contacting with gastric acid, and together with the food residues, gastric stones will be formed in the end, which can even lead to gastric ulcers, gastric hemorrhage, gastric necrosis or perforation. The formation of gallbladder stones is closely related to a high cholesterol diet, and you should avoid eating fatty meats, animal offal, and fried foods in your daily life.