Vitamin C is 2 to 3 times higher than fruits. Experts tell you the simplest way to eat hawthorn

What are the effects of hawthorn?

Hawthorn is rich in nutrients and contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, hussilensis, sulfate, riboginseng, nic acid, hawthorn acid, tric acid, vitamin C, etc.; hawthorn's vitamin C, about 50 to 100 mg per 100 grams, is more than apple, peach, peach and plum, and is 2 to 3 times higher than ordinary fruits.

The effects of hawthorn are to digest food and strengthen the stomach and enhance appetite; lower blood pressure, lower blood lipids, protect cardiovascular, antioxidant, lipid reduction, assist weight control, antibacterial, promote blood circulation and remove stasis, etc., which help relieve local congestion and help to relieve injury and damage.

From the perspective of medical treatment, hawthorn tastes sour, sweet, slightly warm, absorbs the spleen, stomach, and liver, digests food and dissolves stasis, and disperses stasis. Hawthorn can treat meat dysfunction, gastric dysfunction and hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and heart pain and hypertension. The organic acids it contains can increase the secretion of gastric digestive enzymes and promote fat decomposition; ketone compounds have the effects of reducing pressure, increasing coronary flow and strengthening the heart.

How to eat hawthorn healthiest?

There are four treatment methods for hawthorn medicine: raw hawthorn, fried hawthorn, scorched hawthorn, and hawthorn charcoal, with slightly different effects. There are many dry hawthorns on the market, which is the simplest to soak in hot water, or make iced drinks, or you can also make soup and cook porridge. The daily load is recommended to be 10 to 20 grams.

3 kinds of medicines are suitable for combined use:

. Hawthorn + lotus leaf: It has a digestive effect and is suitable for drinking in patients with hyperlipidemia.

. Hawthorn + Chenpi: It can help digestion, clear bowel movements, and reduce stomach discomfort caused by excessive diet.

. Hawthorn + Luoshen Flower + Uzumaki: It is sour plum soup, which can promote fluid and quench thirst, relieve heat and remove moisture. Drinking hot in winter can also nourish the throat, and it is suitable for drinking all year round.

Who is not suitable for eating hawthorn?

Pregnant women, weak spleen and stomach, and excessive gastric acid secretion should not be eaten.

Recommended Hawthorn 2 Food Powder

1. Hawthorn Lotus Leaf Porridge: 5 grams of dry hawthorn, 2 grams of lotus leaf, 3 grams of bamboo jujube, 5 grams of chenpi, and 50 grams of millet. Add dry hawthorn, lotus leaves, bamboo vegetation, and ginger to boil in water and then remove the juice, then add millet and cook it into porridge.

2. Hawthorn and Uzumaki tea: 40 grams of hawthorn, 8 plums, 2 slices of licorice, and rock sugar. After adding all ingredients to 8 bowls of water, cook on low heat for 20 minutes, add rock sugar to taste according to your personal preference, and then drink.

Consultation/Responsible editor of Jin Jie-gui, a senior physician at Changgeng Hospital in Kaohsiung, and Cai Yixuan, a senior physician at the Affiliated Hospital of Kaohsiung Medical University

Editor: Gu Zihuan