Hawthorn has the function of treating meat and food stagnation, stomach and epigastric distension, diarrhea and abdominal pain, blood stasis and menstrual closure, postpartum stagnation, heart and abdominal stabbing pain, thoracic paralysis (chest tightness and pain), heart pain, hernia pain, and hyperlipidemia.
Hawthorn is sour, sweet and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It has the effects of eliminating food and strengthening stomach, promoting circulation of Qi and dispersing blood stasis, resolving turbidity and lowering fat (cleansing dirty and turbid substances in the body and reducing excess fat in the body).
Hawthorn is used in the treatment of postpartum abdominal pain with stagnant blood stasis, incomplete discharge or menstrual cramps. It can be used alone with sugar in water; or paired with qi and blood activating drugs to enhance the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and used together with Angelica sinensis and Fragrant Angelica sinensis.
People with weak spleen and stomach should not take it. If you need to take Hawthorn, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s prescription.