Hawthorn is mild in nature, easy to invigorate the spleen, appetizer, digestion, promote blood circulation, and remove blood stasis. It is also known as a nourishing food with the same origin as medicine and food. Nowadays, it is widely used in the process of extracting and testing pharmaceutical ingredients.
The price of hawthorn on the market is not high, with an average price of about 8.9 to 12.9 yuan per catty. The taste will vary depending on the regional economy. The overall taste of hawthorn is sweet but sour.
Many places will specially store some hawthorn to make cakes or dry hawthorn and use it as medicine. It is also a slightly warm Chinese herbal medicine. Generally speaking, hawthorn is not easy to store, but turning it into dried hawthorn will extend the storage time, and the nutrients will not be lost in large quantities.
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Drink a cup of "dried hawthorn" soaked in water every day and persist for a period of time, you may reap these 6 benefits
Stabilize blood pressure
Hawthorn is rich in protein, minerals and vitamins. Regularly drinking hawthorn soaked in water can meet the body's nutritional needs and enhance immunity. Especially the potassium in it can enhance kidney function, promote sodium ion excretion, and help stabilize blood pressure.
Beauty and beauty
Regular drinking of hawthorn, dried and soaked in water, is beneficial to beauty and beauty. The reason is that the vitamin , mineral and trace elements in dried hawthorn have antioxidant effects, so women can use it for beauty and beauty, enhance skin elasticity, and delay skin aging.
Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis
If women have blood stasis type dysmenorrhea, they may choose to drink hawthorn soaked in water to help the body relieve dysmenorrhea discomfort. The main reason is that it has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so women often have lower abdominal pain during menstruation and have irregular menstruation, so they can drink more hawthorn soaked in water.
Nourishes Qi and Blood
For women, drinking hawthorn soaked in water regularly can replenish Qi and blood in the body. Although the iron content in hawthorn is not high, it is rich in vitamins and organic matter, which can improve the utilization of iron. Therefore, women can often soak hawthorn in water, or add raisinsdried apricots for conditioning, which will make the skin more beautiful.
Reduce blood lipids
With the improvement of living standards, many people do not pay attention to their daily diet and are easily affected by high blood lipids. Often eating heavy, greasy and irritating foods will often increase blood concentration, leading to excessive intravascular fat content. At this time, you may wish to drink hawthorn soaked in water to dilute blood lipid levels, reduce blood concentration, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.
Appetite and promote digestion
Nowadays, many people eat uncontrollably and overeat. This situation is more likely to cause indigestion, abdominal pain, bloating and other adverse symptoms. If such problems often exist, it will affect the body's inability to absorb. Soak hawthorn in water, and the acidic components in it can better promote the secretion of gastric acid , which is conducive to the digestion and absorption of food.
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Although hawthorn soaked in water is good, it is not suitable for the following types of people:
Inflammatory disease repairers
Excessive accumulation of cold and dampness in the body can induce strong liver fire and make oral ulcers, nosebleeds, and psychological dampness more likely. Hawthorn is a nutritious food that has the same origin as medicine and food. It should be avoided at this time to prevent the body from consuming physical energy after ingestion, depleting its own nutrition with caloric substances, hindering the normal operation of the body's immune system, and accelerating the risk of infectious diseases.
Those who are allergic to hawthorn
Some people have special constitutions and are prone to allergic reactions. If allergies occur, people who are allergic to hawthorn cannot drink dried hawthorn soaked in water. People with weak spleen and stomach, no accumulation, or excessive gastric acid secretion cannot drink dried hawthorn soaked in water. Some people have swelling and pain in the throat and itchy skin after drinking. More attention should be paid at this time.
Gastric emptying disorder patients
Clinical medicine is typical for patients with gastric emptying disorder. The symptoms are a large amount of gastric acid secretion in a short period of time, rapid digestion of nutrients, and disordered filtration function. In this case, the doctor will advise the patient to take acetic acid drugs, but hawthorn acidic fruits should be avoided in time. A large amount of tannic acid accelerates the condition, leading to an increase in ulcers .
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How to soak dried hawthorn in water?
Wash the hawthorns clean
Some people soak the purchased dried hawthorns directly in water to drink. In fact, the dried hawthorns are not washed during the production process and contain a lot of dust and trace amounts of pesticides. Direct soaking in water will affect your health. You can rinse it with clean water before soaking your hair.
Boil water
Some people also like to throw the dried hawthorn directly into the health pot. In this way, boiling water can boil out the flavor of the dried hawthorn. However, this approach is incorrect. It is best to wait until the water boils before putting the dried hawthorn in to ensure the flavor of the dried hawthorn.
Put the dried hawthorn in it and soak it for 10 minutes
Put the dried hawthorn into the water that has just been boiled and soak it for about 10 minutes before drinking it. If the soaking time is too short, it will have no taste. If you soak it for too long, it will lose its taste.
