Hawthorn (Shanzha)

 

Hawthorn are one of the most valuable medicinal herbs used in congestive heart failure and circulatory disorders.

1, strong heart, fall hematic fat, fall blood pressure
Clinical research proves, hawthorn can significantly reduce serum cholesterol and triglycerides, effective prevention and cure atherosclerosis; Hawthorn still can pass enhance force of cardiac muscle systole, increase cardiac output, dilating coronary arteries, increase coronary blood flow, such as reducing myocardial oxygen consumption has strong heart and prevent angina role. In addition, the hawthorn flavonoids have the dilation of blood vessels and lasting step-down role. Therefore, high blood fat, high blood pressure and coronary heart disease patients, daily desirable 15 ~ 30 grams born hawthorn, water frying substituting tea drinking.

2, treatment dysmenorrhea, menstruation
TCM holds that the role of with hawthorns lymphokinesis, is XieYuXing dysmenorrhea patients

dietotherapy buffets. XieYuXing dysmenorrhea patients often presents with through the first 1~ 2 days or the 1 ~ 2 days prior to the lower abdomen pain occurred when blood eduction fluent, pain gradually ease or disappear, and dark, with blood color blood clot. Patients with nuclear fresh hawthorn advisable complete wash 1000 grams, add right amount water, cover and cook for to hawthorn officers, join brown sugar 250 grams, then cook for 10 minutes, until the become sparse paste can. The first 3 ~ 5 days, every morning and started taking all food hawthorn mud by 30 milliliter, until after 3 days to stop taking, this is a course, even served three treatment can get effective. This method is suitable for menstruation, the TCM differentiation for blood stasis.

3,This medicine is also a kind of food to Chinese ,we make it into Shanzhapin and Shanzhajuan ,children like it very much.