Hawthorn, mature fruit of deciduous shrub or small tree in Rosaceae, tastes sour, sweet and slightly warm. Entering the spleen and stomach meridians and the liver meridians has the effects of promoting digestion, resolving food stagnation, breaking qi and removing blood stasis, and stopping diarrhea and dysentery. Since ancient times, it has been an important drug to solve food stagnation, especially to solve greasy smell and meat stagnation. Li Shizhen quoted "Empathy" and said: "When you cook the hard meat of an old chicken and add a few hawthorn, it will easily rot, and then you can eliminate the accumulation of meat and push the lid." Rock sugar is an ice-like crystal fried with white sugar, which is sweet and flat. Entering the spleen and lung meridian, it has the functions of invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and relieving cough. Can be used for treating spleen and stomach qi deficiency, lung dryness and cough, and blood in phlegm. Therefore, it is good to use rock sugar to strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and promote fluid production, and replenish physical fitness.
Hawthorn rock sugar
It can be seen that this hawthorn candy is really a good product, especially in the severe winter, people often have more wine and meat, and it is inevitable that food will be endogenous. Eating hawthorn and sugar-coated haws often can help digestion, promote qi circulation and guide stagnation; Moreover, the winter climate is dry, wine and meat are spicy and easy to hurt vaginal fluid, and hawthorn rock sugar is sour and sweet, which is the training of ","; Hawthorn has the function of breaking qi and removing blood stasis, so dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia, hernia and so on. Because of qi stagnation and blood stasis, it can also be eaten frequently. Not only that, modern research has proved that hawthorn has a good effect of lowering blood pressure and blood lipid, so long-term consumption can prevent hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.
Yam sugar-coated berries
In addition, yam sugar-coated haws also have a good effect.
Dioscorea opposita, known as Dioscorea opposita and Dioscorea medicine in ancient times, is the dried root tuber of Dioscorea opposita, a perennial herb of Dioscoreaceae. Yam produced in Aibo, Qinyang and other places in Henan Province (belonging to Guhuaiqing House) is the most authentic, commonly known as Huai Yam. Sweet and flat in nature, entering spleen, lung and kidney meridians. Has the effects of invigorating qi, nourishing yin, nourishing spleen, lung and kidney, and stopping leukorrhagia. Mainly used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, loss of appetite, cough and asthma due to lung deficiency, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, increased leucorrhea, and thirst quenching due to internal heat.
Yam has a good nourishing effect, and it takes into account the lung, spleen and kidney, which can not only nourish the yin of lung and kidney, but also replenish the qi of spleen and lung. Therefore, there is a saying in ancient books that "the deficiency is treated and the loss is treated". Whether it is diarrhea, indigestion, women's leucorrhea, mental fatigue, etc. Or nocturnal emission, frequent urination, etc. Caused by kidney deficiency; Or chronic asthma and cough caused by lung deficiency or lung and kidney deficiency. All of them have good therapeutic and preventive effects. Sugar-Coated Berry made of yam and rock sugar has increased its curative effect, especially for relieving cough and diarrhea. Specifically, the climate in autumn and winter is dry, and symptoms such as dryness and heat, lung yin deficiency, lung failure, dry cough and no phlegm can be seen, and they are often prolonged and repeated. Eating yam and rock candy can just moisten the lungs and nourish yin, cultivate the soil and produce gold to relieve cough; People with weak temper are often prone to diarrhea, especially when they are nervous and liver-qi invades the spleen. Eating a yam sugar gourd every day can help the soil and restrain the wood, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea.
But it should also be pointed out that sugar-coated haws are good, but not everyone is suitable for long-term consumption. First of all, diabetics should use it with caution because it contains rock sugar. In addition, "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "(Crataegus pinnatifida) eating too much is annoying and prone to hunger, which is harmful to the spleen and stomach." Therefore, people with pantothenic acid and heartburn should not eat hawthorn candied haws too much. Yam nourishes yin and helps astringent, so it is not suitable for long-term consumption for those who are wet or full of dampness and have stagnation. Of course, if yam and hawthorn can be matched, one can help digestion and the other can strengthen the spleen, the side effects may be greatly reduced.