Hawthorn cures bloating

Oriental medicine believes that hawthorn fruit has a sour, slightly sweet taste, is slightly warm, has the effect of digesting food, treating stomachache, bloating, heartburn, and stopping diarrhea.

The cat apple tree is a familiar tree of the people in the Northwest highlands, with the scientific name Docynia indica (Wall Dec) belonging to the Rosaceae family, with white flowers in late spring and fruit harvested in autumn. The cat apple fruit is egg-shaped, has a sour taste, and is found in many provinces such as Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Son La... The especially delicious cat apple must be the cat apple in Tram Tau or Mu Cang Chai.

Oriental medicine believes that hawthorn fruit has a sour, slightly sweet taste, is slightly warm, has the effect of digesting food, treating stomachache, bloating, heartburn, and stopping diarrhea. In modern medicine, many components have been analyzed such as tartaric acid, cretaegic acid, citric acid, saponin, sugar, vitamins..., more specifically, in hawthorn fruit there are 2 alkaloids, crataegin and oxyacantin, which have the effect of supporting the heart, calming the mind, strengthening the body, and relieving pain.

Hawthorn also has the ability to enhance immunity, reduce blood fat, bloody stools... But for digestion, hawthorn still has a more obvious effect. The average dosage for decoctions, liquid extracts, powders, and pills is from 10 - 20g. But the liquid extract is commonly used.

To refer to and effectively apply the medicinal effects of hawthorn fruit, below are some typical medicinal remedies from hawthorn fruit.

- Digestive medicine: 25g hawthorn, 25g lemongrass, 25g Chinese clematis, 25g guava bark, 25g tangerine peel, 40g bear root, 20g fresh ginger, 10g alum. Dry all, roast until crispy, grind into fine powder. Adults take 2 teaspoons a day with warm water. Children take from half a teaspoon to 1 teaspoon depending on age.

Or 12g burnt hawthorn, 12g lemongrass, 16g tangerine peel, boil with 500ml water, remaining 200ml, divide into 2 doses/day for adults, children depending on age divide into 3-4 doses/day.

- Used to stimulate digestion: 200g hawthorn, wash, remove seeds, soak with 300ml rice wine, after 7-10 days take out to drink. Drink 2 times a day, 20ml each time before meals. Drink all the wine and mix the residue with sugar to eat gradually.

- How to prepare liquid extract: Take ripe hawthorn fruit, cut it horizontally into slices about 0.4cm thick, then dry it in the sun or oven. For every 1kg of seedless medicinal herbs, pour in 5 liters of water, boil until there is 1 liter left, filter it, then pour in another 3 liters, boil until there is half a liter left, filter it, mix the two decoctions together and concentrate to 1 liter.

Add 800g of malt candy or sugar to this water, stir until dissolved, then continue to boil until only 1 liter of finished product remains. Let cool, add 40ml of 50-degree alcohol soaked with dried tangerine peel or star anise. Drink 2 times a day, 1 tablespoon each time (about 30ml). Use when having indigestion, bloating, flatulence, stimulating digestion, lowering blood fat...

- Treatment of bloating: Take 30g of dried hawthorn, boil to get water and drink instead of tea during the day, need to drink for 2-3 days.

- Treatment of dyslipidemia: 50g hawthorn, 50g rice, enough rock sugar. Slice hawthorn and cook with rice into porridge. Then add rock sugar to taste, divide into several meals a day.

Or 15g hawthorn, 15g lotus leaf, boil to get the medicinal water and drink instead of tea during the day, one course is 15 days. Rest for a few days and then continue drinking.

Treat high blood pressure, prevent complications: Use 1 of the following 2 methods.

- Using this remedy has the effect of dispelling wind, dispersing heat, calming the liver, lowering blood pressure, and laxative, suitable for people with high blood pressure accompanied by prolonged constipation: Including 12g of black hawthorn, 12g of Cassia seed, 9g of white chrysanthemum, dry and grind all three ingredients, steep with boiling water in a sealed container, after 20 minutes it can be used. Drink instead of tea during the day.

- Using this method has the effect of replenishing Qi and activating blood, benefiting the heart and strengthening the brain, suitable for people with high blood pressure accompanied by cerebral circulation disorders (manifestations of fatigue, shortness of breath, reluctance to move, poor appetite, easy sweating...). Including 12g hawthorn, 45g Astragalus, 20g Sand root, 20g Tang ki sinh, 30g Salvia miltiorrhiza, boil to get 2 waters, mix and concentrate to about 300ml, divide into several doses to drink during the day. Each course is 15 days, rest for 20 days and then continue drinking.

- Using this method has the effect of nourishing yin, cooling blood, suitable for people with blood pressure of yin deficiency, symptoms include thin body, hot palms and soles, mild fever in the afternoon, dry mouth and thirsty throat...

Including 200g of raw rehmannia root, 500g of hawthorn vine, 100g of white sugar. Wash and slice raw rehmannia root, remove seeds and slice hawthorn vine. Boil these two ingredients until very soft, then add sugar and blend until smooth into a liquid extract. Drink 3 times a day, 2 tablespoons each time. Drink continuously for 20 days.
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