Hawthorn is a delicious ingredient that we often consume in our daily lives. The common methods of consumption are usually hawthorn candy and hawthorn slices. However, occasionally trying hawthorn tea can also have great health benefits!
Preparation Method
1. Wash 30g of hawthorn and slice it. Put it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water and boil for 5 minutes to extract the juice. Drink it as tea frequently.
2. Take 500g of hawthorn, 200g of dried lotus leaf, 200g of coix seed, and 100g of licorice. Grind them into fine powder and divide into 10 packets. Brew one packet with boiling water daily and drink it as tea.
Health Benefits
1. Promotes digestion
The lipase contained in hawthorn can promote the digestion of fatty foods, stimulate gastric secretion, and increase the production of enzymes in the stomach. Adding a few hawthorn berries when cooking tough chicken meat will make it tender easily, indicating its function in digesting meat.
2. Activates blood circulation and dissolves stasis
Drinking hawthorn tea can promote blood circulation and dissolve stasis in the body, which is why many people enjoy drinking hawthorn tea.
Precautions
1. Suitable for
People with meat indigestion, stagnant infant food, stomach pain, blood stasis in menstruation, postpartum blood stasis, heart and abdominal pain, hernia pain, hyperlipidemia, poor appetite, and those who are on a weight loss diet.
2. Not suitable for
People with weak spleen and stomach, and those who are weak after illness.
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