Hawthorn and pepper water has the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold (dispersing cold with medicine that warms the spleen and stomach), eliminating food and strengthening the stomach, and activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. However, people with weak spleen and stomach should take it with caution; pregnant women should take it with caution.
Pepper is sour, sweet and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of eliminating food and strengthening stomach, promoting qi and dispersing blood stasis, resolving turbidity and lowering fat (cleansing the body of impurities and reducing excess fat), and is used for stagnation of meat and food, distension of stomach and epigastric region, diarrhea and abdominal pain, menstrual closure of stasis, post-partum stasis, stabbing pain in heart and abdomen, chest paralysis (chest tightness and pain), heartache, pain in hernia and hyperlipidemia.
Hawthorn, pungent in flavor, warm in nature. Attributes to spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. It has the efficacy of warming the middle and relieving pain (relieving pain by warming the spleen and stomach), killing worms and relieving itching, and is used for cold pain in the epigastrium (feeling cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), vomiting and diarrhea, and abdominal pain of worms.
It should be noted that the effect of Chinese herbal medicines with only Hawthorn and Pepper is weak, and other medicines can be combined under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners to achieve the best therapeutic effect.
If you need to take Hawthorn and Pepper Water for curing or toning your body, please take it under doctor’s supervision to avoid medication risk.