What are the effects and functions of hawthorn? 1. Lowering blood fat, preventing cardiovascular diseases, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, cleaning up vascular garbage, and having diuretic and sedative effects. 2, spleen appetizer, spleen appetizer and digestion aid are very effective for digestion and stagnation of meat food, and many digestion aid drugs have chosen hawthorn fruit. 3. Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis Hawthorn fruit has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which is conducive to eliminating part of hematocele and has an auxiliary effect on traumatic injury. 4, can cure diarrhea Hawthorn fruit has asthma, cough and phlegm, bacteriostasis, treatment of abdominal pain and diarrhea. 5, promote the contraction of the uterus Hawthorn fruit has the effect of closing the uterus, pregnant women have the effect of inducing labor during labor, and postpartum can promote the contraction of the uterus. 6. Flavonoids, polysaccharides, vitamin C, carotene and other substances contained in anti-aging hawthorn fruits can block and reduce the transformation of oxygen free radicals, improve human immunity, and have the effects of delaying aging and preventing cancer. The nutritional composition of hawthorn fruit is 1. Hawthorn fruit has high calorific value and contains a lot of carotene, high-quality protein, hawthorn fruit acid and Arabic gum. 2. The content of vitamins in hawthorn fruit is very high, second only to jujube and its monkey peach. In addition, the content of carotene and calcium is also very high. 3. Hawthorn leaves contain flavonoids and polysaccharides, which are 20 times of fruit components.