The health benefits and storage methods of hawthorn

Hawthorn is one of the most commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. Do you know its effects? What can hawthorn do? Let's find out.

Hawthorn health benefits

1. The lipase contained in hawthorn can promote the digestion of fatty foods, promote the secretion of gastric juice and increase the enzymes in the stomach.

2. According to traditional Chinese medicine, hawthorn has the effects of eliminating stagnation, astringing and stopping diarrhea, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

3. Hawthorn contains terpenes and brass and other medicinal ingredients, which have significant vasodilator and antihypertensive effects, and have the functions of strengthening the myocardium, resisting arrhythmia, and regulating blood lipids and cholesterol levels.

4. Compounds such as vitexin contained in hawthorn have anti-cancer effects. Eating hawthorn regularly is beneficial for cancer prevention.

5. According to pharmacological experiments, the decoction of scorched hawthorn has a significant inhibitory effect on various Shigella dysenteriae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus anthracis, etc. in vitro, and can be used to treat bacillary dysentery.

6. Hawthorn can treat tapeworms.

7. Fruits contained in hawthorn