Efficacy: digestion, stagnation and fluid production.
Hawthorn kernel is the seed of hawthorn, which is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with mild taste and can enter the stomach meridian and liver meridian. Its main function is to promote digestion and eliminate stagnation. In addition, it has a certain promoting effect. Usually, when people have abdominal pain and hernia due to food retention and testicular pain, they can take hawthorn seeds, which can quickly relieve the bad symptoms of the human body.
Hawthorn contains a variety of organic acids, which can enhance the acidity of gastric juice, improve the activity of pepsin and promote the digestion of protein after oral administration. Hawthorn tastes sour, stimulates gastric mucosa and promotes gastric juice secretion; Hawthorn contains lipase, which can promote the digestion of fat.
Extended information Hawthorn fruit is rich in nutrition, especially the contents of minerals such as iron and calcium, carotene and vitamin C are higher than those of apples, pears and peaches. Hawthorn likes sunshine, has strong environmental adaptability and low requirements for environmental conditions, and is suitable for large-scale planting.
Hawthorn leaves contain ingredients similar to pulp, including flavonoids, flavans, organic acids, triterpenoids, steroids and aromatic compounds, especially the content of total flavonoids is much higher than that of fruits. The amino acid content in hawthorn leaves is 3 ~8 times higher than that in fruits, and the vitamin content is about 10 times higher.
Dietary taboos:
Hawthorn and seafood should not be eaten together. Seafood is rich in minerals such as calcium, iron, carbon, iodine and protein, while hawthorn contains tannic acid. If eaten with seafood, it will synthesize tannic acid protein, which will lead to constipation, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and other symptoms, so it is not suitable for eating together.
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