I believe everyone has eaten hawthorn cake, hawthorn cake, hawthorn roll, hawthorn sauce, canned hawthorn, hawthorn wine, dried hawthorn and so on. Yes, this is the protagonist we are going to introduce today-hawthorn.

Crataegus pinnatifida or Crataegus pinnatifida, a Rosaceae plant, is a kind of fruit and can also be used as medicine. It is a traditional Chinese medicine with the same origin of medicine and food. In daily life, it is often used to strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, promote digestion and eliminate stagnation, but its function is not limited to this. In addition to the above functions, it can also reduce blood fat, lower blood pressure, protect liver, strengthen heart, resist oxidation, fatigue and enhance immunity. It has a good curative effect on chest, diaphragm and spleen fullness, hernia, blood stasis and amenorrhea. Today, we mainly discuss its hypolipidemic function.

The main lipid-lowering active components in hawthorn are hawthorn flavonoids, triterpenic acids, phytosterols and pectin pentose. Modern pharmacological research has proved that hawthorn has the function of reducing blood lipid and can be used to prevent and treat hyperlipidemia. The mechanism of reducing blood lipid is to inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver and promote the absorption of cholesterol in the blood by the liver, thus achieving the effect of reducing blood lipid. In addition, it can also promote the discharge of bile acids, promote the oxidative degradation of fat and reduce blood lipids. Among them, hawthorn flavonoids can also prevent the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis.

The compatibility of hawthorn with other traditional Chinese medicines can increase the effect of reducing blood lipid. Some scholars have found that the ratio of cassia seed and hawthorn extract is 1∶3, which has the strongest effect of reducing blood lipid. Some scholars decoct Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Polygoni Multiflori, and Fructus Crataegi with water to remove residues, and take the decoction for patients with hyperlipidemia. The combination of the three herbs can promote blood circulation, dredge collaterals, regulate qi and relieve depression, and significantly reduce blood lipid level. Some scholars also soaked dried hawthorn and medlar in boiling water to get hawthorn and medlar drink, and the course of treatment was 6 weeks. The results showed that the blood lipid level was significantly reduced.

Many Chinese patent medicines contain hawthorn because of its definite lipid-lowering effect. The following Yixian pharmacists list several kinds:

Lotus seed tablets: lotus leaf, salvia miltiorrhiza, hawthorn, senna leaf, salted psoralea corylifolia.

Xuezhiling tablets: Alisma orientalis, Semen Cassiae, Fructus Crataegi and Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata.

Zhikang Granules: Semen Cassiae, Fructus Lycii, Mulberry, Carthami Flos, and Fructus Crataegi.

Hawthorn essence lipid-lowering tablets: Hawthorn extract.

Zhikeqing Capsule: Semen Lepidii, Fructus Crataegi, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Scutellariae Radix, Alismatis Rhizoma, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix Aucklandiae, etc.

Jiangzhiling tablets: Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Polygonati, Fructus Crataegi and Semen Cassiae.

Jianpi Jiangzhi Granules: Crataegus pinnatifida, Alisma orientalis, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Lexus, etc.

Jiangzhining Granules: Fructus Crataegi (enucleated), Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata, Semen Cassiae, and Lotus Leaf.

Jiangzhi Paidu Capsule: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Semen Cassiae, Fructus Crataegi, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Fructus Gardeniae, Alismatis Rhizoma, Rhizoma Curcumae, Polygoni Multiflori Radix and Bupleuri Radix.

Xuezhining Pill: Semen Cassiae, Fructus Crataegi, Lotus Leaf and Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata.

Pushen Capsule: Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Pollen Typhae, Salvia Miltiorrhiza Radix, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Fructus Crataegi, Alismatis Rhizoma, and Radix Codonopsis.

Hawthorn is powerful, so it can be said that no adverse reactions have been found for the time being, but there are still some points to pay attention to:

1, should try to eat less raw hawthorn, especially people with weak gastrointestinal function. Raw hawthorn contains tannic acid, which will react with gastric acid to form gastrolith.

2. Brush your teeth after eating. (It will turn sour after heating, which is not good for dental health)

3. Pregnant women, people with weak spleen and stomach, people with hypoglycemia and children should not eat.

4. Don't eat on an empty stomach.

Hawthorn is often processed into various foods in the market because of its unique flavor and various health functions. However, in the production process, different processing methods may lead to changes in effective components. Therefore, it is uncertain whether it still has health care function (such as reducing blood fat), so it is necessary to strengthen the research in this field in the future. Now introduce some daily eating methods of hawthorn:

1, hawthorn porridge

Raw materials: hawthorn 30-40g, japonica rice 100g, sugar 10g.

Practice: Stir-fry the hawthorn in a casserole until it is thick, remove the residue, and then add japonica rice and white sugar to cook porridge.

2. hawthorn ear soup

Raw materials: tremella 10g, auricularia auricula 10g, hawthorn 20g and rock sugar 30g.

Practice: Soak auricularia auricula and tremella for a period of time, wash off the residue and select the net. Then put auricularia auricula, tremella and hawthorn into the pot. Add 500 ml of water and cook for about 20 minutes on medium heat. Then add rock sugar, stir until it is completely melted, and take out the pot.

3, hawthorn crucian carp soup

Raw materials: crucian carp 1, dried hawthorn 15g, ginger 15g, pepper 1g, onion 1, and proper amount of olive oil.

Practice: Put the ingredients except hawthorn into the fish belly, fry the fish quickly with olive oil, heat the water until the fish is dried, add the dried hawthorn, cook for 5 minutes on high fire, and cook on low fire until the fish soup is milky white.

4, hawthorn rose tea

Ingredients: 6 grams of dried hawthorn and 3 grams of roses.

Practice: make tea to drink.

5. Hawthorn Lotus Leaf Tea

Ingredients: 5 grams of hawthorn, 5 grams of lotus leaf and 5 grams of dandelion leaf.

Practice: drink tea instead.

6, cassia seed hawthorn kudingcha

Ingredients: 5g of hawthorn, 8g of cassia seed, 0g of kudingcha10g, 2g of licorice.

Practice: drink tea instead.

summary

Due to the rising incidence of hyperlipidemia, human beings pay more and more attention to their own health. China is rich in hawthorn, and the active substances contained in hawthorn make it have the function of lowering blood fat. Food and medicine made from hawthorn will be welcomed and favored by the public.

Hawthorn has a clear lipid-lowering effect, and reasonable compatibility with other traditional Chinese medicines can increase the lipid-lowering effect.