The efficacy and side effects of drinking dried hawthorn in water

Many people have eaten hawthorn, which has a good digestive effect. Therefore, many people often drink hawthorn in water. So what are the effects of drinking hawthorn in water?

The effect of drinking hawthorn soaked in water

1. Blood pressure reduction: The three extracts of this product, namely flavonoids, fresh water products and triterpene acid, were administered by intravenous, intraperitoneal and intraduodenal routes respectively. They all showed different degrees of blood pressure reduction effects in the acute blood pressure reduction test on cats.

2. Increase coronary blood flow: Hawthorn extract has a significant protective effect on experimental acute myocardial ischemia in rabbits and has a certain effect on increasing the coronary blood flow of animals. Different 5% hawthorn extracts can enhance the myocardial uptake of Rb86 in awake mice, and the increase rate of Rb86 uptake is greater than that of 0.4% dipyridamole.

3. Cardiotonic: Various extracts of this product have cardiotonic effects on isolated or in vivo toad hearts. Among them, hawthorn triterpene acid can restore the beating of the weakened heart caused by natural fatigue or 10% chloral hydrate.

4. Lowering blood lipids: The extract of this product has a significant effect on lowering blood lipids in young rats. After rabbits with experimental hyperlipidemia took hawthorn for three consecutive weeks, their serum total cholesterol level was significantly lower than that of the control group.

5. Antibacterial: In vitro antibacterial tests have shown that the decoction of scorched hawthorn has antibacterial effects on Shigella, Smith, Flexneri type III and type IIα, and Sonnei Shigella, with the highest antibacterial dilution being 1:32. It also has an inhibitory effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with the highest antibacterial dilution being 1:64. The decoctions, granules and alcohol extracts of raw hawthorn and charred hawthorn have antibacterial effects on Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei, Proteus vulgaris and Escherichia coli. Analysis of the experimental results showed that there was no significant difference in the antibacterial effect of raw hawthorn and charred hawthorn.

Side effects of drinking hawthorn water

However, it should be noted that the principle of hawthorn in promoting digestion is not to strengthen the spleen and stomach, but to promote the secretion of digestive juices. In the process, it will also cause certain stimulation to the stomach and intestines. Therefore, people with stomach problems must not drink hawthorn water or eat hawthorn on an empty stomach, especially for patients with gastritis, excessive gastric acid, gastric ulcers, reflux gastritis, and esophagitis, as it will aggravate the condition. Normal people should also pay attention to eating hawthorn in moderation. If you often eat too much at one time, it will not only fail to reduce fat and weight, but also cause chronic gastrointestinal diseases. When drinking hawthorn water, it is not easy to control the amount of drinking. If you drink hawthorn water all day, it is obviously not good for the stomach. Therefore, when drinking hawthorn water, you must pay attention to the amount you drink and not drink too much. Otherwise, it will not lower blood lipids, but will easily cause gastrointestinal diseases, which is not worth the loss.

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, malt can be used to help digest noodles (if you eat too much), rice sprouts can be used to help digest rice (if you eat too much), and hawthorn can be used to help digest meat (if you eat too much). Hawthorn has a strong digestive function, so people with stomach problems generally should not drink hawthorn tea on an empty stomach, especially patients with excessive gastric acid, gastritis, gastric ulcer, reflux gastritis, and reflux esophagitis.