Should hawthorn be taken before or after meals?

Hawthorn slices are a kind of snack food that children love to eat. They taste sour and sweet and are the best food to coax children. Hawthorn is also good for the body and has many nutritional benefits, such as aiding digestion and lowering blood pressure. The candied haws that I loved to eat when I was a child were actually hawthorns, but they were not processed and could be eaten just by coating them in syrup. However, no matter how good something is, we still cannot consume it in excess. We must be careful to know when to stop. Therefore, everyone has questions about whether hawthorn slices should be eaten before or after meals.

Eat it before meals to stimulate appetite and after meals to help digestion, but no matter how you eat, don't eat too much. Nutritional effects: Hawthorn slices contain a variety of vitamins, tartaric acid, citric acid, hawthorn acid, malic acid, etc. They also contain brass, lactones, sugars, proteins, fats, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. The lipase contained in them can promote the digestion of fatty foods. It can promote the secretion of gastric juice and increase the enzymes in the stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the effects of eliminating accumulation and stagnation, astringing and stopping diarrhea, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is mainly used to treat food stagnation, chest fullness, hernia, blood stasis and amenorrhea. Hawthorn contains medicinal ingredients such as terpenes and flavonoids, which have significant vasodilatory and antihypertensive effects, and have the functions of strengthening the myocardium, resisting arrhythmia, and regulating blood lipids and cholesterol levels.

The function of hawthorn slices: Hawthorn can also be processed and utilized in a comprehensive way. For example, hawthorn kernels account for 1/3 of the total weight of hawthorn. After testing by scientific research departments, the various ingredients they contain are similar to those of the pulp, especially amygdalin, hyperoside, and fat, which are even higher than those of the pulp. "Hawthorn kernel distillate oil" is extracted from hawthorn kernels, with an oil yield of over 10%. The total effective rate of distilled oil in treating common and frequent skin diseases such as eczema, furuncle, neurodermatitis, etc. is as high as 98.7%, and the cure rate is as high as 47.6%. Distilled oil also has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, blood vessel softening, cholesterol and triglyceride lowering effects. Engineers and technicians from the Beijing Sanitary Materials Factory developed hawthorn distillate oil that can protect the skin. The new dermatitis medicine prepared with this oil has special therapeutic effects on acute and chronic dermatitis.

Hawthorn slices are full of treasures. Eating them occasionally is very good for the body. Not only can they be used as a leisure and entertainment food, but they can also be used as medicinal materials. They can play an anti-cancer and cancer prevention role, so you can eat them with confidence. Eating hawthorn slices before meals can stimulate appetite, and eating them after meals can aid digestion, so you can eat them at any time.