Can I eat hawthorn if I have stomach acid? The truth is this

Hawthorn is a common food in daily life, especially the candied haws made from hawthorn, which is sour and sweet and is loved by people. But hawthorn is sour after all. Can people with stomach acid eat it? In fact, patients with gastric acid are not suitable to eat hawthorn, because hawthorn can stimulate gastric acid, which may induce gastric stones.

1. Can I eat hawthorn if I have stomach acid?

Hawthorn's "digestive effect" is due to its rich content of tannic acid, which can stimulate gastric acid secretion. Patients with gastritis, gastric ulcer, esophagitis, etc. have excessive gastric acid secretion. If you consume hawthorn in large quantities, your gastrointestinal tract will be overwhelmed. At the same time, some special substances in hawthorn are easily condensed into precipitates when encountering stomach acid, which can induce gastric stones.

The ingredients in hawthorn are also easy to combine with gastric protein to form lumps or stones. Some people may also experience stones sliding down and "slipping" into the small intestine or pylorus, causing obstruction. Director Lu said that small hawthorn stones can generally be expelled by taking prokinetic drugs, or removed through endoscopic lithotripsy. If it is too big, you can break it into pieces before taking it out. She reminded the public that if they find that they have hawthorn stones, it is best to see a doctor and not to take any "stone-dissolving" drugs on their own.

Eating some dried hawthorn, drinking some hawthorn tea and other sweet and sour foods do have a good effect in stimulating appetite and aiding digestion. However, it is not advisable to eat too much hawthorn, especially for people with gastritis, gastric ulcers, acid reflux, and the elderly and children with weak spleen and stomach. The amount should be limited, otherwise it can easily cause stomach stones.

2. Nutrition and efficacy of hawthorn:

Hawthorn has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetite, aiding digestion, etc., and plays many roles in life. Let's take a look at the nutritional analysis of hawthorn:

1. Hawthorn can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, dilate blood vessels, increase coronary blood flow, improve heart vitality, excite the central nervous system, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, soften blood vessels, and have diuretic and sedative effects;

2. Hawthorn acid also has a cardiotonic effect and is beneficial for senile heart disease.

3. It can stimulate appetite and help digestion, especially it is better for eliminating meat stagnation. Hawthorn is used in many digestive medicines.

4. Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which helps to relieve local congestion and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on bruises and injuries.

5. Hawthorn has a contraction effect on the uterus, can induce labor in pregnant women, and can promote the recovery of the uterus after delivery.

6. The flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene and other substances contained in hawthorn can block and reduce the generation of free radicals, enhance the body's immunity, and have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects; 7. Hawthorn contains ingredients that can relieve asthma and phlegm, inhibit bacteria, and treat abdominal pain and diarrhea.