What diseases can hawthorn treat? What are the medical effects of hawthorn?

Everyone knows that hawthorn is a delicious fruit, but do you know the functions and effects of hawthorn ? Let me introduce it to you.

Hawthorn as a medicinal herb

There are records of hawthorn in many ancient Chinese medical books. For example, the New Compendium of Materia Medica says that hawthorn "can be boiled and taken to stop dysentery, can be used to wash the head and body, and can treat sores and itching." The Illustrated Materia Medica says that hawthorn can "treat dysentery and abdominal pain." The Daily Materia Medica says that hawthorn can "dissolve food accumulation, relieve qi stagnation, strengthen the stomach and widen the diaphragm, and eliminate blood stasis and blood clots." The Compendium of Materia Medica says that hawthorn can "dissolve food, eliminate internal accumulation, lumps, phlegm, acid reflux, and blood stasis and pain." Because hawthorn contains hawthorn acid and esterase in its main ingredients, in recent years, people have also used hawthorn to treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia and other diseases.

Hawthorn is also known as red fruit, monkey hawthorn, and mountain red. It is slightly warm in nature, sour and sweet in taste, and has the effects of digesting food, removing accumulation, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. Hawthorn is very nutritious. According to research, every 100 grams of hawthorn contains 89 mg of vitamin C, 0.82 mg of carotene, and 85 mg of calcium. In addition, hawthorn also contains nutrients such as iron, vitamin B2, and protein. The calcium content of hawthorn ranks first among fruits, the amount of vitamin C is second only to jujube, kiwi and sea buckthorn, the amount of carotene is second only to apricots, and the amount of vitamin B2 is equal to that of bananas.

What diseases can hawthorn treat?

1. Treat food stagnation: Take 30-40 grams of hawthorn, boil it in water, take the juice and put it into the pot, wash 60 grams of polished rice, put it into the pot with 10 grams of brown sugar and cook into porridge. Drink this porridge twice a day to help digestion and relieve stagnation.

2. It can treat chronic diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency in children: Take hawthorn (without the core) and Chinese yam in equal parts, add appropriate amount of sugar. Steam the above medicines over a slow fire, then mix the medicines and press them into small cakes. Children with chronic diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency can take this cake to nourish qi and yin, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea.

3. It can treat acute gastroenteritis: Cut 30 grams of hawthorn into slices and fry until they are charred, boil them in water with 3 slices of ginger and 15 grams of brown sugar, and then take the juice. Take this juice orally twice a day, which can have the effects of astringing and stopping diarrhea, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and dispelling cold and stopping vomiting.

4. Can treat bacterial dysentery: Take 30 grams each of hawthorn and pomegranate peel, decoct with water and filter out the decoction. Take one dose daily, divided into two doses, which can stop dysentery, astringe the intestines, and have antibacterial and analgesic effects.

5. Can treat hyperlipidemia: Take 20 grams of hawthorn, 10 grams of motherwort, and 5 grams of tea, brew with boiling water, and drink it instead of tea every day. This recipe has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting new blood, and lowering blood lipids.

6. It can treat coronary heart disease: Put 30 grams of hawthorn, 30 grams of brown sugar, 60 grams of red beans, and 50 grams of polished rice into a pot and cook into porridge. Take this porridge once a day, and 30 days is a course of treatment. This porridge has the effect of replenishing heart qi and benefiting blood vessels.

7. Can lower blood pressure: Take 10g each of hawthorn and chrysanthemum, 15g of cassia seed, boil them with water, and filter out the decoction. Take one dose a day, twice a day, morning and evening, which can help lower blood pressure.

8. Can treat gastric cancer or intestinal cancer: Take 15 grams of hawthorn (with core), 3 grams of Panax notoginseng, and 50 grams of polished rice, add the above medicines and water to cook into porridge. Add appropriate amount of honey and it is ready to eat. Patients with gastric cancer or intestinal cancer can drink this porridge on an empty stomach every morning, and a course of treatment is 15 days. This recipe has the effect of strengthening the spleen and intestines, softening hard masses and eliminating accumulation.

9. Can treat dysmenorrhea: Put 20 grams of hawthorn and 5 grams of cinnamon twig into 300 ml of water, boil, then remove the residue and take the juice, then add appropriate amount of brown sugar. When the patient suffers from dysmenorrhea, he can take the juice while it is hot.