Hawthorn and honey are both highly nutritious and commonly seen in people's lives. Hawthorn can promote blood circulation and dissolve stasis, while honey can lubricate the intestines and promote bowel movements. Can hawthorn be eaten with honey? What should we pay attention to when consuming hawthorn?
When to drink hawthorn honey water
Hawthorn and honey are both rich in nutrients, and hawthorn honey water is sour and sweet, with the effects of beauty, nourishing, and promoting bowel movements. Generally, it is recommended to drink hawthorn honey water in the morning, which is more conducive to the elimination of toxins in the body.
Is it good to eat hawthorn with honey?
It can enhance the efficacy of medicine.
Hawthorn has a sour and sweet taste, with a slightly warm nature. It enters the liver, lung, and stomach meridians. The main functions of hawthorn include promoting blood circulation, resolving stasis, invigorating the stomach, aiding digestion, relieving abdominal distension and pain, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and aiding lochia discharge. Honey has a sweet taste, with a neutral nature. It belongs to the large intestine meridian. The main functions of honey include tonifying the spleen and stomach, relieving urgency and pain, moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough, lubricating the intestines and promoting bowel movements, and detoxifying. Eating hawthorn with honey can enhance their effects.
The effects of eating hawthorn with honey
Invigorating the stomach and aiding digestion
Hawthorn contains a large amount of acidic substances, which can promote the secretion of gastric juice and facilitate the digestion and decomposition of food. Honey enters the large intestine meridian and has a lubricating effect, which can regulate the functions of the gastrointestinal tract. Eating hawthorn and honey together can invigorate the stomach and aid digestion.
Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
Both hawthorn and honey have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Taking them together can enhance the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol
Hawthorn contains substances such as hawthorn brass and triterpenoid acids, which can lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Honey contains a large amount of vitamins and amino acids, which have preventive and therapeutic effects on many diseases in the human body. Eating them together can have the effects of lowering blood pressure and cholesterol.
Anti-aging and anti-aging
The antioxidants in hawthorn can play an antioxidant role, while the honey polysaccharides in honey can enhance immune function and anti-aging effects. Eating hawthorn and honey together can increase the effects of anti-aging.
How to eat hawthorn and honey
Hawthorn honey water
Ingredients: 2 hawthorns, 50g honey
Instructions: Wash the hawthorns and cut them into thin slices. Put them in a cup with honey and pour in 200ml of warm water.
Hawthorn honey porridge
Ingredients: 20g hawthorn, 150g glutinous rice, 30g honey
Instructions: Wash the hawthorn and glutinous rice, put them in a pot and boil them over high heat for 20 minutes, then simmer for 15 minutes. Let it cool slightly, then pour in the honey and stir well.
Precautions when eating hawthorn with honey
1. Suitable temperature
When eating hawthorn with honey, the temperature should be suitable to maintain the activity of honey. Do not add boiling water, the appropriate temperature for adding honey is 40-60 degrees.
2. Pregnant women should use with caution
Because hawthorn has the effects of promoting blood circulation, dissolving stasis, and contracting uterine smooth muscles, pregnant women eating hawthorn can easily cause miscarriage.
3. Not suitable for people with weak gastrointestinal function
The organic acids and other acidic substances in hawthorn can promote the secretion of gastric juice, and honey has a lubricating effect on the intestines. Eating hawthorn and honey may cause stomach pain and diarrhea for people with poor gastrointestinal function.
4. People with diabetes should consume in moderation
Because both hawthorn and honey contain a large amount of sugar, people with diabetes should control the amount and monitor their blood sugar levels to avoid an increase in blood sugar.
