It is said that sugar-coated haws are sweet and her heart is sour.
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Smart, it's time to eat Sugar-Coated Berry! Sweet and sour candied haws, do you like them?
The main raw material of sugar-coated haws refers to hawthorn, also known as red fruit and mountain red, which is a kind of food with the same origin of medicine and food. China has a history of cultivation and eating for more than 2000 years, which is recorded in Erya. Although the small hawthorn is inconspicuous, it is a gift from the nobles of the Tang Dynasty ~
0 1, the role of hawthorn
Chinese medical book Compendium of Materia Medica records that hawthorn can change diet, eliminate accumulated meat, and cause abdominal pain, excessive phlegm, fullness, acid swallowing and blood stasis pain.
Li Shizhen recorded the function of hawthorn, and specially cited an example of a neighbor's child:
It is said that all the neighbors in Li Shizhen have children in their later years, and the whole family dotes on them. They feed their children fish and meat every day, but it is this kind of diet that hurts their spleen and stomach. Children, the belly rises like a drum, will it hurt badly, and the whole body will be yellow and swollen.
A child is blessed. One day, he went to the mountain to play and happened to meet a ripe hawthorn. The child was delicious, so he opened his mouth and ate a full meal. When he got home, he threw up. After vomiting, he was worried at home. However, the child has returned to normal, even the bulging belly is gone, and the yellow swelling has subsided. ...
Modern nutrition research has found that every 100 gram of hawthorn meat contains 53 mg of vitamin C, which is higher than that of apples. It is also rich in carotene, vitamin A, organic acids, carbohydrates, calcium and other nutrients.
Traditional medicine believes that hawthorn is mild and sweet, belonging to the liver and stomach meridian. It has the effects of stimulating appetite, dispelling depression, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, astringing and stopping diarrhea, promoting digestion and removing stagnation, and protecting spleen and stomach, and has a good conditioning effect on qi stagnation and blood stasis syndromes listed in traditional Chinese medicine (headache due to blood stasis, chest pain, dysmenorrhea, traumatic injury, etc.). ).
Through modern pharmacological research, it is found that regular consumption of hawthorn can increase the content of digestive enzymes in the stomach, help decompose fat and digest meat food. The ingredients in hawthorn also have the effects of strengthening the heart, resisting arrhythmia, increasing coronary blood flow, dilating blood vessels and lowering blood pressure.
02. How to eat hawthorn
Hawthorn can be eaten by ordinary people, such as children, middle-aged and elderly people and people with indigestion.
1. hawthorn tea
Making:
① Take a proper amount of hawthorn, clean it, remove seeds and pedicels, and then put it into a health pot;
(2) After the fire is boiled, simmer for 20 minutes until the hawthorn is ripe;
3 Add rock sugar and filter to drink soup.
Function:
This hawthorn tea has the function of reducing fat, which is suitable for men, women and children, especially for patients with fatty liver.
2. Hawthorn porridge
Making:
① hawthorn 30~45g, japonica rice 100g, proper amount of sugar;
(2) put hawthorn into a health pot and add a proper amount of water to decoct juice;
(3) filtering out the juice and cooking it with the washed japonica rice;
4 Add the right amount of sugar when it is almost cooked, and then cook it.
Function:
It should be noted that hawthorn is a fruit that only needs to be supplemented. People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more, and healthy people should also eat hawthorn in moderation.
Tips: Hawthorn contains a lot of organic acids, which can increase gastric acid and may increase the risk of peptic ulcer. Hawthorn can promote uterine contraction, so pregnant women should avoid it. Hawthorn has a high sugar content, so patients with dental caries and diabetes should not eat more.
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