The efficacy of hawthorn porridge

What are the effects and functions of hawthorn porridge? In fact, the nutritional value of this porridge is quite high. Let's learn about it together.

When people talk about hawthorn, the first thing that comes to mind is that it can help digestion. In fact, hawthorn has many other functions besides helping digestion. Not long ago, relevant personnel from the Tianjin Institute of Environmental Medicine tested the antioxidant activity of 30 common fruits in China and believed that hawthorn's anti-aging effect ranked first among all fruits.

Cancer prevention and anti-cancer research in recent years has found that hawthorn contains a compound called vitexin, which has anti-cancer effects. Nitrosamines and aflatoxin can induce the occurrence or aggravation of digestive tract cancer, and experimental studies have shown that hawthorn extract can not only block the synthesis of nitrosamines, but also inhibit the carcinogenic effect of aflatoxin. Therefore, people at high risk of digestive tract cancer should eat hawthorn frequently. For patients who already have cancer, if they have indigestion, they can also cook porridge with hawthorn and rice to eat, which can not only help digestion, but also play an auxiliary anti-cancer role.

Strengthening the heart, lowering blood lipids, and lowering blood pressure Clinical studies have confirmed that hawthorn can significantly reduce serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and effectively prevent and treat atherosclerosis; hawthorn can also strengthen the heart and prevent angina pectoris by enhancing myocardial contractility, increasing cardiac output, dilating coronary arteries, increasing coronary blood flow, and reducing myocardial oxygen consumption. In addition, the total flavonoids in hawthorn have the effects of dilating blood vessels and lasting blood pressure reduction. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and coronary heart disease can take 15 to 30 grams of raw hawthorn every day, decoct in water and drink instead of tea.

Treatment of dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is a good food therapy for patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea. Patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea often experience lower abdominal pain on the 1st to 2nd day of menstruation or 1 to 2 days before menstruation. When the menstrual blood is discharged smoothly, the pain gradually decreases or disappears, and the menstrual blood is dark in color, accompanied by blood clots. Patients can take 1000 grams of fresh hawthorn with complete core, wash it, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until the hawthorn is cooked, add 250 grams of brown sugar, and simmer for 10 minutes until it becomes a thin paste. Start taking it 3 to 5 days before menstruation, eat 30 ml of hawthorn mud every morning and evening, and stop taking it 3 days after menstruation. This is one course of treatment, and it will be effective after taking 3 courses in a row. This method is also suitable for those with irregular menstruation and blood stasis in Chinese medicine.

Some people should not eat too much hawthorn. When pregnant women have early pregnancy reactions, sweet and sour hawthorn is often their favorite. In fact, pregnant women should not eat too much hawthorn, because hawthorn can contract the smooth muscle of the uterus and may induce miscarriage. Hawthorn can promote the secretion of gastric acid, so it is not suitable to be eaten on an empty stomach. The acid in hawthorn is corrosive to teeth. After eating, you should pay attention to rinsing your mouth and brushing your teeth in time. Children who are in the period of tooth replacement should pay special attention.