During holidays and festivals, many people can't resist their appetite and indulge in greasy food. It's almost impossible to reduce the intake of greasy food when faced with a variety of delicious dishes. Many people experience discomfort in their stomach and intestines after the holidays, and the greasy food easily causes the previously lost weight to regain.
Many women have experienced feeling uncomfortable and losing their appetite after getting angry. This is what Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to as "stagnation of qi due to depression". If the internal qi is not regulated in a timely manner, a series of symptoms of excessive internal heat will occur over time. Therefore, people who often get angry, have a hot temper, and have excessive internal heat often suffer from symptoms such as swollen and painful gums and eyes, sore throat, and acne.
In fact, when angry, you can also eat some hawthorn to reduce internal heat. Hawthorn not only helps smooth the flow of qi, promote digestion, and activate blood circulation, but it is also a red food, which is good for the heart. Therefore, it has very good therapeutic effects on heart palpitations and arrhythmias caused by anger and irritability.
The most memorable childhood memory is the sweet and sour sugar-coated hawthorn skewers, especially near the Spring Festival, when the streets and alleys are filled with the sound of people eating sugar-coated hawthorn skewers. The hawthorn is threaded onto the skewers. Hawthorn, also known as red fruit, is very sour and is a good appetizer. Hawthorn belongs to Chinese herbal medicine. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica," hawthorn can "aid digestion, eliminate meat stagnation, promote blood circulation, and relieve pain and swelling." This emphasizes the effectiveness of hawthorn in promoting digestion, reducing greasiness, activating blood circulation, and relieving fatigue and pain.
Eating hawthorn in winter may stimulate the stomach and sometimes cause toothache. Therefore, it is best to steam the hawthorn before eating, and you can add an appropriate amount of rock sugar during the steaming process to make it sweet and sour.
Although hawthorn can stimulate appetite and help with weight loss, it only has a eliminating effect and does not provide nutrition. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach and excessive stomach acid should not eat hawthorn. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Eating hawthorn raw will cause restlessness, increased hunger, and tooth damage. People with dental caries should especially avoid it." Even healthy individuals should consume hawthorn in moderation, preferably after meals, with a quantity of 2-3 pieces. After eating fresh hawthorn fruit, remember to rinse your mouth and brush your teeth to prevent tooth damage.
