Hawthorn contains flavonoids, organic acid compounds and other ingredients, which can promote food digestion and absorption, accelerate food metabolism, and effectively relieve symptoms such as indigestion. The volatile oil of Zanthoxylum bungeanum is spicy, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice and accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis after eating. Therefore, cooking hawthorn and pepper together can play a certain role in slimming the abdomen.
However, thin belly mainly needs exercise to make muscles strong, and it also needs the whole body to lose weight when the weight base is relatively large, so the effect of boiling water with hawthorn and pepper in thin belly is not obvious.
Can hawthorn and pepper be cooked every day? Not recommended.
Crataegus pinnatifida and Zanthoxylum bungeanum belong to warm drugs of traditional Chinese medicine, which have the functions of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, helping yang and tonifying fire. If you take it regularly, it is easy to get angry. It is generally not recommended to drink boiled water of hawthorn and pepper every day.
However, hawthorn has pharmacological effects of promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, promoting qi circulation and removing blood stasis, and pepper has pharmacological effects of warming the middle warmer to relieve pain, killing insects and relieving itching. If the body is within the corresponding treatment range, you can drink it for a period of time every day.
When to drink boiled water of hawthorn and pepper, it is best to drink it after meals.
Because the boiled water of hawthorn and pepper tastes spicy, if you drink it on an empty stomach, it is easier to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause gastrointestinal discomfort such as abdominal pain and acid reflux.
The most important function of boiling water with hawthorn and pepper is to promote digestion and strengthen the stomach. If you drink it after meals, it can effectively accelerate the digestion and absorption of food and avoid indigestion.
4 Boiling ratio of hawthorn and pepper It is suggested that hawthorn and pepper should be cooked according to the ratio of 3: 1.
According to the records of Chinese medicine, the dosage of hawthorn is 9- 12g, while the dosage of pepper is 3-6g. That is to say, the minimum dosage of hawthorn is 9g, and the minimum dosage of pepper is 3g, so the boiling water ratio of hawthorn and pepper is basically 3: 1, but strictly speaking, the boiling water ratio of hawthorn and pepper is not specified, and it can be based on your own situation.