The Efficacy and Effects of Drinking Hawthorn Tablets Soaked in Water
Jan 07, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhang Xiuhong
Introduction
Hawthorn tablets have the effect of promoting digestion and resolving food accumulation, particularly for the digestion of greasy and meaty foods. Drinking it steeped in water can enhance gastrointestinal motility and increase the secretion of gastric digestive enzymes, effectively relieving symptoms such as abdominal distension, belching with acid regurgitation, abdominal pain, and loose stools caused by food stagnation from excessive meat consumption, thus aiding digestion and reducing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Hawthorn tablets also promote qi circulation and resolve blood stasis, helping to improve blood flow and dissipate瘀blood.
Consuming hawthorn tablets soaked in water generally has various effects and benefits, including promoting digestion and resolving food stagnation, regulating qi and dissipating blood stasis, clearing turbidity and lowering lipids, astringing the intestines to stop diarrhea, and activating blood circulation to relieve pain.
1. Promoting Digestion and Resolving Food Stagnation
Hawthorn tablets aid digestion and help resolve food stagnation, particularly for indigestion caused by excessive consumption of fatty or meaty foods. Drinking the water in which hawthorn tablets have been soaked can enhance gastrointestinal motility and increase secretion of digestive enzymes in the stomach. This can effectively alleviate symptoms such as abdominal distension, belching with acid regurgitation, abdominal pain, and loose stools caused by food stagnation, thereby assisting digestion and reducing the burden on the gastrointestinal system.
2. Regulating Qi and Dissipating Blood Stasis
Hawthorn tablets help regulate qi circulation and dissipate blood stasis, promoting blood flow and resolving瘀blood (stagnant blood). They can provide some relief for symptoms caused by blood stasis, such as stabbing pain in the chest and hypochondrium, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, and postpartum abdominal pain caused by retained blood stasis. These effects improve blood circulation, alleviate blood stasis symptoms, and promote smooth flow of qi and blood.
3. Clearing Turbidity and Lowering Lipids
Hawthorn tablets can clear turbidity and lower lipids. Their active ingredients help regulate lipid metabolism, reduce serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and decrease lipid deposition on blood vessel walls. This can, to some extent, prevent and improve conditions such as hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis, benefiting cardiovascular health.
4. Astringing the Intestines to Stop Diarrhea
Hawthorn tablets have certain astringent effects and can inhibit bacteria such as Shigella (dysentery bacillus). They are useful in treating abdominal pain and diarrhea, can alleviate intestinal inflammation to some extent, reduce symptoms of diarrhea and abdominal pain, and help restore normal intestinal function.
5. Activating Blood Circulation and Relieving Pain
The blood-activating effect of hawthorn tablets promotes smooth flow of qi and blood. When circulation is unimpeded, pain is relieved. Hawthorn tablets can alleviate chest and abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, and also have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on localized swelling and pain caused by traumatic injuries. They help relieve pain, promote dissipation of blood stasis, and accelerate recovery from injuries.
It is recommended to use hawthorn tablets soaked in water under the guidance of a physician, and excessive intake should be avoided. In daily diet, it is advisable to maintain a balanced dietary structure and consume a variety of foods.
