What are the effects and functions of hawthorn

The surface of hawthorn is bright red. When it matures in autumn, it hangs on the branches in bunches, just like a bunch of red agate, which is very beautiful. However, this fruit tastes very sour. Usually, people will feel sour in their mouths when they think of eating hawthorn, and they are a little afraid to eat it. But don't underestimate this sour fruit. It is rich in nutrients and can be used as medicine. It can regulate the spleen and stomach, promote digestion, and reduce weight and reduce fat. If you want to fully understand its effects, you can take a look at the detailed introduction of hawthorn below.

1. Prevent cancer

Nowadays, people are afraid of cancer, and the incidence of cancer is particularly high. However, if you can insist on eating more hawthorn, you can effectively prevent cancer. Because the vitexin contained in hawthorn has a significant inhibitory and elimination effect on the carcinogenic nitrosamines and aflatoxin in the human body, it can reduce their damage to human tissue cells and prevent cell canceration, thereby reducing the occurrence of cancer.

2. Protect cardiovascular system

Hawthorn is the protector of human cardiovascular system. The flavonoids it contains can not only delay vascular aging, but also increase the elasticity of human cardiovascular system, remove cholesterol accumulated in blood vessels and promote blood circulation. In addition, if people eat more hawthorn, it can also improve blood vessel permeability, promote blood circulation, and reduce the occurrence of various diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension and coronary heart disease.

3. Activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis

Hawthorn is not only a fruit, but also a Chinese medicinal material. It can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis after being used as medicine. It has obvious preventive and alleviating effects on human blood stasis and swelling. In addition, women in life, if they have blood stasis type dysmenorrhea, they can directly eat hawthorn for conditioning, which can not only improve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea, but also make menstruation smoother.

4. Remove greasiness and promote digestion

Hawthorn fruit also contains a large amount of decomposing enzymes, which have a significant decomposing effect on fat in food. When people usually eat meat ingredients, eating more hawthorn can speed up the body's digestion and absorption of fat in food, remove greasiness, and improve gastrointestinal digestion. In addition, hawthorn tastes sour and can stimulate the appetite. However, those who already have excessive stomach acid are not suitable for eating hawthorn, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of excessive stomach acid and is not good for human health.