Entering the winter supplement period, who doesn’t feel that their mouth is bland and their stomach is filled with a greasy feeling? My colleague told me that the physical examination report showed that blood lipids had increased again. My mother kept talking on the phone about how her stomach was so bloated that she couldn't sleep. In fact, there is no need for expensive supplements. It is just overeating. At this moment, the basket of red hawthorns in the corner was the real savior.
Don’t just know that it can digest food
When hawthorn is mentioned, nine out of ten people will think of candied haws, while the remaining one will think of Jianweixiaoshi tablets. But you have all underestimated it. "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that it can "transform diet and eliminate meat accumulation." The accumulation is not only the meat in the stomach, but also the fat in the blood vessels.
The greedy kid next door
Li Shizhen once told a story about the old man next door to his son who pampered him to no end. There was an uninterrupted supply of fish and meat, as well as snacks. As a result, the child's belly was bloated like a drum and his whole body turned yellow. One day later, the child went to a hawthorn tree to pick fruits and eat them. After eating until he was full, he suddenly spit out the fruit and was cured.
Doesn't it sound like a legend? However, modern science has actually confirmed that the lipase contained in hawthorn is targeted at those greasy things that are difficult to digest. When it works, you will feel that the food has been stuck in the stomach after eating the mutton-boiled meat and cannot go down. After eating a few hawthorns, the gastrointestinal motility will begin.
Blood lipids, the "oil" in blood vessels
However, what is even more wonderful is that hawthorn can not only digest the fat in your stomach, but also digest the fat in your blood. Modern medicine calls this phenomenon "lowering blood fat", and traditional Chinese medicine calls it "removing turbidity and lowering fat".
There are some substances that fall into the category of flavonoids and triterpenes. I won’t list those proper nouns with you. You just need to remember that when hawthorn enters the body, it can slowly scrape off the sticky-looking layer of objects attached to the blood vessel walls one by one. Some studies have shown that if you consume a little hawthorn extract every day, your waist circumference can be reduced by three to five centimeters after 12 weeks. Isn't this more practical than applying for that gym membership card that you have never set foot in?
That thing about women
Hawthorn takes blood away. Zhang Xichun said it is "an essential medicine for removing blood stasis."
I have a friend who suffers from pain every time when his period comes, causing his face to turn pale, and there are many blood clots and the color is dark. Then an old Chinese medicine doctor told her that this was a symptom of blood stasis. She should not just drink brown sugar water, but soak some hawthorn to drink it. She tried it with a dubious attitude for half a year, and it turned out that the pain was not as painful as before.
What kind of situation does a person with blood stasis show? The lips will appear dark in color, the eye circles will appear black, the skin will be as dry as sandpaper, and the two blood vessels at the bottom of the tongue will appear thick and purple. You will understand if you look in the mirror.
But pregnant women must not touch it. Hawthorn can induce labor and make the uterus contract vigorously.
Hawthorn, hawthorn, beware of stones
Having said so many good things, I have to pour cold water on it.
There is a lot of tannic acid in hawthorn. If you eat it on an empty stomach, once the tannic acid meets the gastric acid, and then comes into contact with the protein you eat, it will snowball and gradually accumulate to form a hard lump, that is, a stomach stone.
There are many such patients in the hospital. The old lady thought hawthorn was helpful for digestion, so she ate half a kilogram of it at a time. Eventually, her stomach hurt so much that she couldn't straighten her waist. She underwent a gastroscopy and found a huge stone, which caused ulcers on the stomach wall.
Who is not suitable
It is not allowed for people with spleen and stomach deficiency. So what is called spleen and stomach deficiency? In other words, as long as you eat a little cold food, you will feel uncomfortable, and you will feel flatulent after eating, and sometimes you will experience acid reflux and heartburn. This kind of people already have a lot of acid in their stomachs. If they eat hawthorn again, it will be like pouring more oil on the fire.
Don't eat it with seafood either. When tannic acid comes into contact with the calcium and protein in seafood, it will form a hard lump.
If you eat pork liver, cucumbers, and carrots, it’s best to stagger the time so that vitamin C encounters degrading enzymes, so you can eat them in vain.
How to choose
The ones in Shandong and Northeast China are more sour, while the ones in Hebei and Henan are sweeter.
Look at the peel, it's a little sour, dense and thick, and has a smooth and sweet texture. Go and pinch it, it will be sour when it is hard and solid, and sweet when it is soft and doughy.
Cut it open and look at the meat. If it's white, yellow or red, it's sweet. If it's green, don't buy it.
Don't be greedy
Adults, don’t eat more than ten fresh hawthorns at a time. If you use it to boil water for drinking, seven or eight pieces of dried hawthorn will be enough. Drink it after a meal, not on an empty stomach.
This thing is good, but more is not better.
Return home at night, grab a few dry hawthorns, put them into a thermos cup, and brew them with boiling water. Watching the water gradually turn a light red, take a sip, the sour taste is mixed with a little sweetness.
The greasiness accumulated in my body all winter seems to be lighter.
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