Hawthorn is a common drupe fruit in daily life, also known as hawthorn, hawthorn red and rouge fruit. Hawthorn can be eaten raw or made into preserved fruit cakes, or dried and used as medicine. It tastes slightly sour and mild, and has high nutritional and medicinal value. Hawthorn is also called "longevity fruit" because it can enhance the appetite of the elderly and improve the quality of sleep.

What are the effects and functions of hawthorn?

1, turbid and lipid-lowering. Hawthorn contains fatty acids, which can promote fat digestion, reduce blood lipid and resist atherosclerosis, so hawthorn has a certain effect of removing turbidity and reducing blood lipid.

2, beauty slimming. Hawthorn contains carotene, vitamin C and other ingredients, which can block and reduce the formation of free radicals, improve the body's resistance, and have anti-cancer and anti-aging effects. Eating hawthorn regularly has a certain effect on eliminating body fat and reducing fat absorption. For women who love beauty, hawthorn is a good product for beauty and slimming.

3, digestion and spleen. Hawthorn contains vitamin C and a variety of organic acids, which can improve the activity of pepsin, increase the secretion of gastric digestive enzymes, and promote the decomposition and digestion of protein. Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn tastes slightly sour, enters the spleen and stomach, is good at digestion and appetizing, is suitable for meat stagnation, can promote the secretion of digestive juice, enhance appetite and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Hawthorn can be used as both food and medicine, and is good at treating abdominal distension, belching, acid swallowing, loose stool, anorexia and other symptoms caused by stagnation.

Eating taboos of hawthorn

If hawthorn is eaten together with fruits and vegetables containing vitamin C decomposing enzymes, it will lead to the destruction and decomposition of vitamin C in hawthorn and reduce the nutritional value of hawthorn, so pay attention to it when eating daily. In addition, because hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, pregnant women should not eat it.