The efficacy of bitter melon and hawthorn soaked in water

In life, many people like to eat bitter melon. The reason why bitter melon is called bitter melon is because it tastes very bitter, but its nutritional value is indeed very high, and you can't taste its bitter smell unless you taste it carefully. Some people like to cut bitter melon into slices and soak them in water with hawthorn slices. It not only has the effect of removing heat but also can stimulate the appetite. So what are the effects of bitter melon and hawthorn soaked in water?

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The bitter melon is the fruit of the bitter melon plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. Bitter melon, named for its bitter taste, is also called cool melon. It is bitter and cold in nature. Bitter melon has the effects of cooling and quenching thirst for the heart, lungs, and stomach, removing evil heat, relieving fatigue, refreshing the eyes, treating toxic fire, purging the six meridians' real fire, invigorating qi and quenching thirst, relieving fatigue, clearing the heart and improving eyesight, enhancing appetite, nourishing blood and liver, moistening the spleen and tonifying the kidneys. Promote metabolism and other effects. It nourishes the kidneys and promotes diuresis, clears away heat and detoxifies, lowers blood lipids and is anti-viral. According to research, it has obvious hidden blood sugar effect and has certain therapeutic effect on diabetes. It also has certain antiviral and anti-cancer effects.

It has the effect of lowering blood sugar in diabetes. Its mode of action is similar to that of tolbutamide but stronger, and there is no significant difference from glyburide. Its blood sugar lowering effect includes two effects: pancreatic and non-pancreatic. It has a good inhibitory and regulatory effect on blood lipids, blood pressure, blood sugar and obesity.

Bitter melon can also cure many diseases such as stomach heat pain, damp-heat dysentery, vomiting and diarrhea. Bitter melon also has the effect of refreshing the mind and reducing qi, clearing the heart and improving eyesight, so as long as you drink a few cups every day, you will feel relaxed and energetic. It has the same effect as coffee, but without the side effects of coffee.

[Usage] Use a cup of boiling water to brew one bag at a time (3), simmer for about 5 minutes and then drink. You can add brown sugar, honey, red dates, wolfberry, etc. according to different people.

hawthorn

Hawthorn's effects:

1. Cancer prevention and anti-cancer

Recent studies have found that hawthorn contains a compound called vitexin, which has anti-cancer effects. Both nitrosamines and aflatoxin can induce the occurrence or aggravation of gastrointestinal cancer. Experimental studies have shown that hawthorn extract can not only block the synthesis of nitrosamines, but also inhibit the carcinogenic effect of aflatoxin. Therefore, people at high risk of gastrointestinal cancer should eat hawthorn regularly. For patients who already have cancer, if they experience indigestion, they can also cook porridge with hawthorn and rice. This can not only aid digestion, but also play an auxiliary anti-cancer role.

2. Strengthen the heart, lower blood lipids and blood pressure. Clinical studies have confirmed that hawthorn can significantly lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and effectively prevent and treat atherosclerosis. Hawthorn can also strengthen the heart and prevent angina pectoris by enhancing myocardial contractility, increasing cardiac output, dilating coronary arteries, increasing coronary blood flow, and reducing myocardial oxygen consumption. In addition, the total flavonoids in hawthorn have the effect of dilating blood vessels and permanently lowering blood pressure. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and coronary heart disease can take 15 to 30 grams of raw hawthorn every day, boil it in water and drink it as tea.

3. Treatment of dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is an excellent food therapy for patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea. Patients with blood stasis type dysmenorrhea often experience lower abdominal pain on the 1st to 2nd day of menstruation or 1 to 2 days before menstruation. When the menstrual blood flows smoothly, the pain gradually decreases or disappears, and the menstrual blood is dark in color and accompanied by blood clots. Patients can take 1000 grams of fresh hawthorn with core, wash it, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until the hawthorn is cooked, add 250 grams of brown sugar, and simmer for another 10 minutes until it becomes a thin paste. Start taking it 3 to 5 days before menstruation, eat 30 ml of hawthorn paste every morning and evening, and stop taking it 3 days after menstruation. This is one course of treatment, and it will be effective after taking 3 courses in a row. This method is also suitable for those with irregular menstruation and blood stasis as diagnosed by traditional Chinese medicine.