Hawthorn is generally not recommended for patients with weak spleen and stomach without dietary stagnation. Hawthorn is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine with sour and sweet taste, slightly warm nature, and belongs to spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of eliminating food stagnation and resolving stagnation (digesting stagnant food), activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating stagnation of blood in the body), and it is mainly used in treating dietary stagnation, diarrhea and abdominal pain, hernia and pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, and other diseases. The medicine is acidic in taste, so it is contraindicated for people with excessive stomach acid, and should be used with caution for people with weak spleen and stomach without stagnation. Patients with weak spleen and stomach commonly suffer from loss of appetite, stomach distension and fullness, yellowish color (yellowish face without luster), fatigue (mental exhaustion and physical weakness), emaciation and loose stools, etc. This condition can be treated with medicines such as ginseng, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala and Astragalus membranaceus, etc. The use of hawthorn in this condition is not appropriate. If patients with weak spleen and stomach have the symptoms of belching and swallowing acid (burping and spitting acid water) or vomiting undigested food, hawthorn can be used on the basis of medicines for tonifying the spleen and stomach. If the patient is not feeling well, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital for consultation, and use the medication under the guidance of the professional doctor, and not to use the medication by oneself.